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Oct 22, 2023. Posted by Balkan
Periscope - Hellas
The Egyptian
Armed forces announced that the Israeli occupation forces accidentally hit an
Egyptian watchtower in the Egyptian side near the Rafah border crossing with
the Gaza Strip.
"During
the ongoing clashes in the Gaza Strip, Sunday, 10/22/2023, one of the Egyptian
border watchtowers was accidentally hit by fragments of a shell from an Israeli
tank," said the Egyptian Armed forces Spokesperson in a statement.
"The incident resulted in minor injuries to some border watchmen," he
added.
"The
Israeli side expressed its regret immediately over the unintentional incident,
and an investigation is being conducted to know circumstances of the
incident," the army added.
Avichay
Adraee, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesperson for Arab media, said on
his X (formerly Twitter) that an IDF “regrets over the incident” after “an IDF
tank accidentally fired and hit an Egyptian position near the border in the
Karem Abu Salem area.” He added that “incident is under investigation.”