Friendly fire tragedy
'Two gunmen surprised me, so I acted immediately'
Officer who shot dead two members of his unit says he felt he was in danger and therefore opened fire.
Officer who shot dead two members of his unit says he felt he was in danger and therefore opened fire.
'We are analyzing an incident which was the result of a split-second decision,' IDF commander Yehuda Fuchs says.
First Lieutenant who accidentally fired, killed, two officers, has not slept since the tragedy.
A thousand people attend funeral of Ofek Aharon, one of the 2 soldiers who were killed in a friendly-fire incident last night.
"Itamar will be remembered as a man of values, whose great love for the Land and for his fellow man characterized his life."
Serious shooting accident results in deaths of two officers during security operations in the Jordan Valley.