Friendly fire

Friendly fire incident in Nablus special op. leads to dismissal of IDF's Duvdevan commanders

A friendly fire incident in Nablus resulted in the dismissal of two IDF commanders after they mistakenly identified another IDF team as an enemy during a counterterrorism operation.

 IDF troops operate in the West Bank, May 30, 2025.
 (L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi

Leaks of findings from Oct. 7 IDF probe show: Friendly fire incidents, hesitation to fight

 Captain Roy Beit Yaakov

Captain Roy Beit Yaakov: Few words, brave actions

 Sergeant Ilan Cohen

From Argentina to frontlines: Lone soldier Ilan Cohen killed in Gaza friendly fire incident


Israeli paratrooper dies after being shot in IDF live-fire training

The drill was intentionally carried out at night as is standard for combat fights being trained to fight in night conditions.

 Sgt. Or Israelov was killed during a live-fire training, June 27, 2023+

19-year-old Baruch Kabrata killed in gun negligence incident on IDF base

Military officials initially suspected he was killed by a fellow soldier in a tragic incident of gun negligence.

 IDF Cpl. Baruch Kabrata was killed on his IDF base overnight, January 3, 2023.

Soldier died in friendly fire incident in part due to safety failures - IDF

St.-Sgt. Natan Fitoussi had left his guard post to pray and upon returning was misidentified and shot by another soldier.

 St.-Sgt. Natan Fitoussi who was killed by friendly fire.

IDF soldier sentenced to 26 months for accidental killing of Yonatan Granot

First Sergeant Yonatan Granot, 22 years old from Kibbutz Einat, a commander in the "Bazelet" battalion of the Nahal, was accidentally shot by Sergeant M in the Tevez camp in the Jordan Valley.

 IDF conduct arrests in the West Bank, August 25, 2020

IDF soldier St.-Sgt. Natan Fitoussi laid to rest

The incident, near West Bank city of Tulkarm, was the latest in a series of deadly soldier-on-soldier shooting incidents in the Israeli military.

 Funeral of IDF soldier St.-Sgt. Natan Fitoussi

IDF investigation says flawed organizational culture led to death of two Egoz officers

The commander of the elite unit will finish his term and be barred from a command position for the next two years.

  A soldier from the elite anti-guerrilla unit EGOZ in a training exercise.

IDF to discuss security regulations following deadly friendly fire incident

Military Police to question officer who shot his commanders on Sunday

 IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi, Ofer Winter and Israeli army officers inspect the area where two officers Maj. Ofek Aharon and Maj. Itamar Elharar from the Egoz commando unit were killed in a friendly fire accident outside a base in the Jordan Valley on January 13, 2022.

IDF finds Duvdevan troops injured by friendly fire

Two soldiers were seriously injured during a large-scale West Bank arrest raid in September.

THE IDF’S ELITE Duvdevan unit and the Czech Armed Force’s 601st Special Forces Group train together recently in urban-warfare techniques at Tze’elim Army Base in the Negev.

IDF soldier indicted for second degree reckless killing of co-soldier

An IDF soldier who accidentally shot and killed his friend was indicted in a military court on Wednesday for recklessly using a weapon, leading to manslaughter.

A marksman aims a Russian-made ORSIS sniper rifle at the ISDEF demonstration on June 3, 2019

Palestinian convicted of manslaughter, not murder, in 2016 crossfire death

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman responded to the decision, saying that he agreed with the dissenting judge and that Amaro must be convicted of murder.

 The scene of the fatal stabbing attack at the Gush Etzion Junction on September 16, 2018.