IDF soldier moderately injured in apparent training accident in south

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

An Israel Defense Forces officer is moderately hurt after being shot in an apparent training accident at the Tzeelim training base in southern Israel earlier this evening, the military says.

The officer has been taken to the Soroka medical center in Beersheba, and his family has been notified of his injury, the IDF says.

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