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A soldier was killed tonight (Sunday) at the training base of the Kfir Brigade in the Jordan Valley, as a result of an explosion of a bomb in his room.
Another soldier was seriously injured, and two other soldiers were slightly injured, while there were seven soldiers in the room in total.
A military investigation was opened at the same time as an operational investigation. At the end of the investigation, the findings will be submitted to the military attorney's office for examination. A notification was given to the families of the fighters.
Medical teams that were called to the scene performed CPR on one of the wounded who was critically injured, at the end of which they had to pronounce him dead. The other three wounded were evacuated by air force helicopter to Hadassah hospitals. Ein Kerem in Jerusalem and Sheba Tel Hashomer to continue receiving medical treatment.
The incident took place in the Pekot camp associated with the Kfir Brigade, located in the Jordan Valley. A preliminary investigation of the incident indicates that the fighter apparently found the bomb that had malfunctioned during one of the training sessions and took it to his room in violation of security instructions. The investigation also indicates that The bomb was triggered by a blow it received, as the backpack was found, but it was not punctured.
An Air Force helicopter lands at Kfir Air Base in the Jordan Valley, tonight (photo: Walla! system, screenshot)
The soldiers who were in the room told in the initial investigation that they did not see the dead man playing with ammunition or holding it in his hand.
According to them, the explosion took place under the dead man's bed, when the bomb was apparently stored in a drawer.
It is not clear how long he kept the defective ammunition, but according to army estimates, he did not find it before Saturday.
This is a company that stayed on Shabbat at the base, the soldiers were in their room at 1:00 p.m. According to an estimate that emerges from the initial investigation, the incident was due to a lack of discipline regarding the treatment of casualties in the field. The Kafir Brigade intends to stop training at the base for the needs of treating the soldiers and for the needs of orders, updating procedures, and inspections. Only after Then they will return to the training routine.
Last week, a gas tank exploded in the residence of a company commander in the Kafir Brigade's Haruv patrol. The IDF stated that in the investigation of the incident, it emerged that the explosion occurred after an electric watch fell on a deodorant tank, which ignited a gas tank belonging to Corporal Coffee who was there as a result. The explosion severely damaged the walls of the residential grocery store. No injuries were reported.
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