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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 429

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Family and friends of Captain Roy Beit Yaakov attend his funeral at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on May 16, 2024. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 17, 2024, 1:20 am
Diverse backgrounds give way to shared fate as Gaza friendly-fire victims eulogized
Five soldiers killed by mistaken tank fire in Gaza came from Tel Aviv, Tiberias; two West Bank settlements and Buenos Aires, to serve in special religious unit
By Canaan Lidor
Soldiers killed in northern Gaza on May 15, 2024. Top row, left to right: Sgt. Ilan Cohen, Sgt. Daniel Chemu, Staff Sgt. Betzalel David Shashuah; bottom row, left to right: Staff Sgt. Gilad Arye Boim, Cpt. Roy Beit Yaakov. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 16, 2024, 11:09 am
5 soldiers killed, 7 hurt in ‘friendly fire’ incident in northern Gaza’s Jabaliya
Initial IDF probe finds tanks shelled building where paratroopers were gathered, after mistakenly identifying them as enemy forces; commandos deployed to Rafah
By Emanuel Fabian
This composite image shows Master Sgt. (res.) Ido Aviv (L) and Master Sgt. (res.) Kalkidan Meharim, who were killed during fighting in the central Gaza Strip on April 28, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 30, 2024, 9:26 pm
Two reservists killed in central Gaza were mistakenly hit by IDF fire — probe
Investigation finds tank shelled building where other forces were gathered in Netzarim Corridor amid exchange of fire with Hamas operatives
By Emanuel Fabian
First responders at the scene of a car-ramming attack in East Jerusalem on January 7, 2024. (MDA)
January 7, 2024, 8:29 pm
Car rams East Jerusalem checkpoint; Palestinian toddler mistakenly shot dead by cops
Border Police officer lightly hurt; forces chase car, shoot dead occupants, but also kill 3-year-old girl in second vehicle
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli soldiers seen at a staging area near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel, December 31, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 1, 2024, 10:32 am
IDF: Deaths of 29 of 170 soldiers in Gaza op were so-called friendly fire, accidents
18 troops killed by strikes or gunfire due to mistaken identification; 11 others in accidents, some involving armored vehicles
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip in an undated photograph released December 12, 2023 (Israel Defense Forces)
December 12, 2023, 11:52 am
IDF: Deaths of 20 out of 105 soldiers killed in Gaza op were friendly fire, accidents
13 troops killed by strikes, gunfire due to mistaken identification; seven others in accidents, some involving armored vehicles
By Emanuel Fabian
Yuval Castleman (courtesy)
December 10, 2023, 6:38 pm
Autopsy finds bullet in body of hero civilian shot by reservist, proving police wrong
M16 slug, shrapnel found in exhumed corpse of Yuval Castleman, week after police said procedure unnecessary; police chief orders probe into results, mishandling of investigation
By Michael Horovitz
Aviad Frija (left) at a military courtroom, Dec. 5, 2023 (Walla screenshot); Yuval Castleman. (Courtesy)
December 8, 2023, 4:40 pm
IDF exhumes body of hero civilian shot dead by reservist; autopsy aims to aid probe
Yuval Castleman was killed by Staff Sgt. (res.) Aviad Frija after he stopped deadly terror attack at Jerusalem bus stop; Frija says he mistook Castleman for a terrorist
By Emanuel Fabian
Aviad Frija (left) at a military courtroom, Dec. 5, 2023 (Walla screenshot); Yuval Castleman. (Courtesy)
December 6, 2023, 10:49 am
Reservist who shot hero civilian at terror attack scene released to house arrest
Judge notes issues with prosecution’s case against Aviad Frija, who is suspected of killing Yuval Castleman after he dropped his gun and raised his hands in air
By Emanuel Fabian
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on November 22, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 3, 2023, 4:19 pm
Facing public backlash, Netanyahu speaks to father of hero civilian killed by soldier
PM calls for investigation into death of Yuval Castleman, who was shot after taking out terrorists, calls incident a ‘terrible tragedy’ after previously saying only ‘that’s life’
By ToI Staff
Yuval Castleman is fatally shot after preventing the continuation of a deadly terror attack in Jerusalem on November 30, 2023. (X screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
December 3, 2023, 12:26 pm
‘He was executed’: Father of man killed after taking out terrorists decries response
Moshe Castleman says son ‘went down on his knees’ and yelled at soldiers ‘Don’t shoot, I’m Jewish,’ after ending Jerusalem attack; says family informed of probe by friend in police
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Yuval Castleman (courtesy)
December 1, 2023, 12:24 pm
Family says Yuval Castleman, killed after taking out terrorists, was ‘executed’
Castelman was hit by soldier who apparently mistook him for a terrorist during Jerusalem attack, but footage shows him unarmed, with his hands in the air prior to being shot
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Sgt. First Class David Yehuda Yitzhak. (Courtesy of Menachem Geisinsky/IDF Smiling Soldiers)
August 22, 2023, 1:16 pm
IDF probe finds Egoz soldier killed during Jenin operation was shot by friendly fire
Investigation says other commando forces misidentified Sgt. First Class David Yehuda Yitzhak during withdrawal from West Bank refugee camp last month
By Emanuel Fabian
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi, Ofer Winter and Israeli army officers inspect the area where two officers from the Egoz commando unit were killed in a friendly fire accident outside a base on January 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 16, 2023, 5:08 pm
Former officer in elite Egoz unit charged in deadly friendly fire incident last year
Lieutenant indicted for negligent manslaughter over January 2022 incident in which Maj. Ofek Aharon and Maj. Itamar Elharar were killed
By Emanuel Fabian
File: Israeli troops operate in the West Bank, December 28, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 1, 2023, 11:57 pm
IDF dismisses officer, soldier for mistakenly firing at settlement security guards
Several other officers censured, jailed over ‘extremely serious’ incident in mid-December; head of Central Command says ‘miracle’ nobody was hurt
By Emanuel Fabian
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