A disaster was avoided: a Givat patrol soldier fired a bullet at his friend

Tal Marciano, knitted news18.08.22 10:24 21 Bab Tishfav

The person photographed has nothing to do with what was said in the article (photo: IDF spokesperson)

Last night (Wednesday) during an operational activity, a soldier in the Givati ​​patrol fired a bullet from a firearm towards his friend who was sitting next to him in the car, the bullet hit the soldier’s ceramic vest and thus the disaster was avoided.

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During the withdrawal of IDF forces from the operation to secure the entrance of worshipers to Joseph’s Tomb in the city of Nablus, in the area of ​​the Shomron regional division, a safety incident occurred in vehicles, in which a bullet was accidentally fired from a soldier’s weapon.

The bullet hit a warrior’s ceramic vest, the warrior was slightly injured and miraculously survived.

As mentioned, the IDF and the Special Forces operated during the night (between Wednesday and Thursday) to secure the coordinated entry of Jewish worshipers to Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus. During the event, riots developed on the part of the Palestinians as a whole live shooting towards the IDF forces and the worshippers.

Apparently the fighter’s weapon was loaded due to the confrontations and the exchange of fire and therefore the bullet was ejected.

The late Natan Fitousi (IDF spokesman)

As you know, two days ago a similar safety incident occurred that resulted in the death of the late fighter Natan Fitousi.

According to the IDF spokesman, the shooting incident took place around 10:30 p.m. in the area of ​​the seam line. A preliminary investigation of the incident revealed that Pitosi left his position for a few minutes to pray the evening prayer, and when he returned his friend misidentified him and thought he was a suspect. As a result, he fired at him in an arrest procedure Suspect and led to his injury. Pitosi was taken to the hospital, where he died of his injuries.

It was also reported that the distance between the fighters at the time of the shooting was 10-20 meters, in complete darkness. The event was not recorded, as there are no security cameras in place.

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