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RPG fired at tank triggers explosion killing 21 Israeli soldiers in Gaza, IDF says (news.sky.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Skill issue.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Seems like they're having some of that.

According to the IDF’s report, 13 soldiers were killed by friendly fire after being mistaken for enemy combatants, one from a stray bullet and another six in various accidents, such as being run over by armored vehicles.

(Not from the posted incident btw)

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkjqoobip

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

There was a video of a Hamas militant planting an RPG round on a tank and sliding back into a tunnel. Then there was also the israeli point of view of the same event of them watching the tank from atop a building ~250 metres away.

The first thing the IDF watchers did after the explosion was unload their entire magazines onto the tank and it's vicinity.