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IDF says training accident that killed 1 due to serious chain of errors

6 January 2016, 1:57 pm
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Sources in the army say the training accident at the IDF’s southern Tze’elim base that killed officer Yishai Rosales was not caused by any specific error in judgment, but rather followed a chain of shortcomings during the preparations and implementation of the military exercise.

Cpt. Yishai Rosales, who was killed during an IDF training exercise on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 (screen capture)
Cpt. Yishai Rosales, who was killed during an IDF training exercise on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 (screen capture)

Rosales, an officer in the ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda unit, was killed when a mortar shell landed near him during training.

Another soldier was lightly injured.

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