Southern Command chief: ‘We won’t leave any question unsolved’ in probe of shootings

By Emanuel Fabian

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3 June 2023, 5:56 pm

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

Chief of the IDF's Southern Command, Maj. Gen. Eliezer Toledano, is seen at the scene of a deadly shooting and clashes on the border with Egypt, June 3, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Chief of the military’s Southern Command, Maj. Gen. Eliezer Toledano says the Israel Defense Forces won’t leave any question unanswered, following this morning’s deadly shootings on the Egypt border.

“We are in a joint investigation with the Egyptians, and it will be sharp, clear, and we will not leave any question unsolved,” Toledano tells reporters at the Egyptian border.

He says the IDF is probing a possible connection between an attempted drug smuggling incident nearby, to the initial deadly attack this morning at an army post.

“We will investigate all directions, the incident happened after the smuggling, we will check the connection between the incidents,” he says.