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| Software failure caused friendly fire death at Gaza border |
| 2011-01-09 |
| One Israeli soldier was killed and four soldiers injured in a friendly fire incident Friday evening on the Gaza border after the soldiers persued militants near the border security fence. The soldier killed on the Gaza border is Sgt. Nadav Rotenberg, 20. A preliminary investigation indicates that Rotenberg and the others were hit when a software malfunction caused a mortar to fire at the IDF troops rather than the Palestinians. The two Islamic Jihadis fled the scene uninjured. The IDF is now investigating whether a similar accident occurred in the system a few months ago during training. The system has generally been considered reliable. |
| Posted by:ryuge |