Dec 8, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
An incident
occurred in Israel in which an Israeli helicopter apparently mistakenly
attacked a building containing Israeli military personnel. According to Ynet,
one Israeli soldier was killed in the incident.
According to the site, ground troops requested air support after a group of Hamas militants were detected nearby. However, an Apache helicopter called to attack the militants mistakenly attacked the wrong structure due to "incorrect ground fire coordination" by the soldiers, Ynet alleged.
In response
to the report of the incident, the Israeli Armed Forces (IDF) said that the
incident was under investigation. The dead soldier was already included among
the 91 Israeli soldiers killed.
Ynet notes
that there have been similar cases, but without deaths. However, during the
ground operation in the Gaza Strip, dozens of people were killed or wounded as
a result of so-called “friendly fire”.
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