{"id":748503,"date":"2022-01-13T21:24:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T21:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/13\/two-israeli-officers-killed-by-friendly-fire-in-case-of-mistaken-identity\/"},"modified":"2022-01-13T21:24:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T21:24:19","slug":"two-israeli-officers-killed-by-friendly-fire-in-case-of-mistaken-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/13\/two-israeli-officers-killed-by-friendly-fire-in-case-of-mistaken-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Israeli officers killed by friendly fire in case of mistaken identity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jan. 13 (UPI) —<\/span> Two Israeli officers were killed by friendly fire in an accident in the Jordan Valley in West Bank, the Israel Defense Forces said.<\/p>\n

The officers in the elite Egoz unit were making rounds around 11 p.m. Wednesday night at the Nabi Mussa base just north of the Dead Sea.\n<\/p>\n

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Maj. Ofek Aharon, 28, and Maj, Itamar Elharar, 26, spotted another person that they thought was a suspicious figure, but was another officer.<\/p>\n

Aharon and Elharar approached the officer who opened fire at them believing that he was under attack.<\/p>\n

The two were fatally shot and pronounced dead shortly after.<\/p>\n

“The officers were killed after a mistaken identification led to a friendly fire incident,” the IDF said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred as troops were on alert after someone stole military equipment from the base the night before.<\/p>\n

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi headed to the base on Thursday morning to meet with the unit’s commanders and to start the investigation.<\/p>\n

The two deceased were to be buried on Thursday at the military cemeteries of Gan Yavne and Kiryat Malachi.<\/p>\n

Because bases are regularly robbed, the IDF changed its open-fire policy to allow soldier to use lethal force to stop thieves.\n<\/p>\n

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