According to the IDF’s report, 13 soldiers were killed by friendly fire after being mistaken for enemy combatants, one from a stray bullet and another six in various accidents, such as being run over by armored vehicles. [And two soldiers were killed by shrapnel, including from explosives set off by [their own] forces.]

At least one was killed by [a neocolonial] airstrike when an attack helicopter fired on a building where soldiers were located last week.

The IDF doesn’t publish the full information on this incident due to various investigations still being examined in the IDF. In total, 105 soldiers have fallen in the ground operation so far. The army estimates that several hundred additional soldiers were wounded by friendly fire or operational accidents in enemy territory.

The new figure of 20 casualties who fell specifically from operational accidents or friendly fire is minimal and doesn’t refer to the first three weeks preceding the ground escalation, regarding the casualties on October 7, nor does it include other fronts. For example, an IDF officer was killed as a result of a friendly fire incident near Qalqilya at the beginning of the war, and other soldiers were killed as a result of a tank turnover near the Lebanon border.

Watch this U.S. veteran’s commentary on an IDF video. It clearly shows that IDF soldiers have a habit of repeatedly moving into the crosshair of others’ firearms, which is very amateurish to say the least.