Israeli tank mistakenly kills 3 Egyptian soldiers at border [View All]

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/18/content_2233968.htm

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JERUSALEM, Nov. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- An Israeli tank mistakenly killed three Egyptian security officers near the border early Thursday, an incident that Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Ze'ev Boim termed as "regrettable and grave in its outcome."

The Israeli tank crew, operating near the Philadephi Route in the Rafah area bordering the Palestinian lands and Egypt, apparently thought the three to be Palestinians smuggling weapons.

The tank then fired a shell across the border before dawn and killed the three, a senior Israeli security source told the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz.

"Three Egyptian troops were killed," the source said. "Our tank thought they were Palestinian weapons smugglers."



edit: another link to the story, thank you Domitan.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=3&u=/ap/20041118/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_egypt