Serious incident on the Egyptian border: Two fighters were lightly wounded in a two-way shooting

The two fighters were wounded by IDF gunfire following a mistake in identification during the smuggling of border crossings.

Amir Bohbot

27/01/2022

Thursday, 27 January 2022, 07:22 Updated: 08:11

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In the video: Ganz at the 25th anniversary of the helicopter disaster (Photo: Ministry of Defense spokeswoman)

Two border guards were lightly wounded last night (Wednesday) in a two-way shooting incident, following a mistake in identification. "They will learn lessons from these accidents, which claimed the lives of four soldiers this month.

"It is our moral and systemic duty to investigate, and to learn lessons without blinking and without assumptions after every mishap," he said at the ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the helicopter disaster.

During the night, about nine drug smugglings took place, which included massive firing of smuggling squads into Israeli territory in the Paran Territorial Brigade area.

IDF fighters identified the firing points and opened fire back at the sources of the shooting in order to thwart the smuggling. The forces thwarted the smuggling and seized about 400 kg of drugs with an estimated value of about NIS 8,000,000.

As a result of a mistake in identification, two border fighters were lightly wounded by IDF gunfire.

According to security sources, "The smuggling tonight was exceptional in its violence and the extent of its fire on every scale. Around 01:00 in the morning under complex weather conditions, two detainees arrived from the Egyptian side as part of a very large drug barrage and opened massive fire at the Israeli side. Exceptional. They usually shoot at the Egyptian side. The purpose of the shooting from the Egyptian side was to deter the IDF and the Border Police and hit anyone who tried to thwart the smuggling. It was a non-stop shooting. South CBS using a vehicle and was identified as one of the smugglers' squads.

"They fired at the wheels and the undercover men were lightly injured in the hands."

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IDF on Egyptian border (Photo: IDF Spokesman)

Military sources added, "In 2021, there was a very sharp increase in the number of drug smuggling killings from Egypt to Israel. From NIS 4.5 billion, they dropped to NIS 1.45 billion in 2021. Therefore, they began to be violent in every smuggling to ensure that it happens. And the use of fire is on the rise, but shooting like the night on the forces is not remembered in the sector. "

The army updated that the undercover officers were evacuated to Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva, and that the incident is being investigated by the commander of the Red Army, Brigadier General Itzik Cohen, to whom the undercover unit is subject.

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