Three IDF reservist soldiers were wounded, two seriously and one moderately, by a grenade that exploded in an apparent accident in the southern Gaza Strip earlier today, the military says.
The two seriously wounded troops served in the Southern Brigade’s 7015th Battalion and the Etzioni Brigade’s 6408th Battalion. The moderately wounded reservist also served in the 6408th Battalion.
The IDF says the soldiers were taken to hospitals for treatment and their families were notified.
The incident took place at around 8 a.m. at an IDF post in the Khan Younis area. Inside a room where soldiers were residing and sleeping, a grenade exploded due to unclear circumstances.
Initially, the army suspected it had been a Hamas attack on the post, but later discovered that it had been an apparent accident.
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