Due to an identification error: Two IDF soldiers from a special unit were killed

The two, who had finished a day of training in Nabi Musa, went on patrol around the camp, when they suddenly spotted a suspicious figure in the distance.

The fighters carried out a suspicious arrest procedure that ended in an air strike, but on the other side was another fighter from the same unit who thought they were about to open fire on him - shot at the two and killed them

Amir Bohbot

13/01/2022

Thursday, January 13, 2022, 7 p.m.

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In the video: Documentation of the helicopter crash off the coast of Haifa and the evacuation of the wounded to Rambam (Photo: Yedioth from the field, Shlomi Gabay and documentation on social networks according to section 27A of the Copyright Law)

Two IDF soldiers from a special unit were killed last night (Wednesday) as a result of a mistake in the identification of a fighter at

the Nabi Musa training base in the Jordan Valley.

According to the officer, after a day of training in the Bnei Musa camp, the two patrolled around the base during which they identified a suspicious figure. The incident took place and he thought he was being shot at and therefore opened fire on the two.

"This is not an event that happens within an exercise. It's not that our strength fires our strength in the exercise," he said.

"This is an incident that is identified as a terrorist attack.

I understand that it is outside Nabi Musa's camp in the area of ​​the ranges. "

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Another senior officer said: "A serious incident occurred after 23:00 in the fire areas in Nabi Musa in a special unit. The accident did not happen during training even though it was a training area, nor an operational activity. It is our fighter shooting at our fighters and the result is extremely difficult."

Just ten days ago, two pilots were killed in a military helicopter crash off the coast of Haifa, near the Institute for Marine and Lake Research in the city.

The two were rescued after long hours underwater, and despite the medical treatment given to them, the doctors had no choice but to determine their deaths.

Another crew member, a Muscat patrol officer, was wounded in the incident and was taken to Rambam Hospital in fair condition and released a few days later.

The two dead were Lt. , And helicopter pilot Major Chen Fogel, 27, from Haifa.

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