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.

|BySHOSHANA BAKER
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

The IDF has aggressively denied various other leaks about failures related to October 7, so the complete silence in the face of this latest report was telling.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Captain Roy Beit Yaakov

Captain Roy Beit Yaakov: Few words, brave actions

Roy's father, Avidan, recounts the kind of person his son was at home.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Sergeant Ilan Cohen

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

Sergeant Ilan Cohen, 20, was a Sergeant in the 202nd Battalion of the Paratrooper Brigade.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Elite IDF soldier charged in accidental killing of comrade

An investigation into death of Staff Sgt. Strug found 3 other similar incidents.

MAY 9, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
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.

Israeli soldier injured by friendly fire in Bethlehem operation

IDF investigating incident in which special unit soldier was shot by fellow soldiers.

AUGUST 9, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
IDF forces in the area around Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem