A preliminary investigation conducted by the Israeli army revealed that Sergeant Yusef Youda Shirak, who is 22 years old, “the son -in -law of the Israeli settlers” in the Israeli army, who was killed in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday, was “friendly fire”, according to a report by the “Times of Israel” newspaper.
According to the results reported by the Israeli newspaper “Jerusalem Post”, a separate force entered a tunnel of Hamas, in which Sherk was already present, and opened fires without her knowledge of the presence of another individual of the Israeli army.
Shirak, 22, was from the “Harsha” site in the Benjamin Regional Council in the northern West Bank – a soldier in the ID 601 combat battalion.
He had only married seven months ago, and he left his parents and three sisters, according to the newspaper.
In turn, Israeli newspaper “Yediot Aharonot” said that other soldiers were slightly injured in the same incident “that are still under investigation, and its details have not been published yet.”
“I received with great sadness the news of the death of the late Youssef Yudhuda Herrak, combat engineering fighter, who fell in the battle of the northern Gaza Strip,” said Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz.
Katz added: “Youssef married just a few months before our day, which is the son -in -law of Judea Eliahu, who works with me as the general manager of the Settlement Department in the Ministry of Defense, I share his family and friends with their deep sorrow, and I invite them to their sympathy in the darkest conditions for him, we will continue our commitment to return all the kidnappers and crush the rule of terrorism in Gaza. May God have mercy on his pure spirit.”
In the details, according to the Israeli press, “Sergeant Youssef Yehuda Hika was killed, as a result of shooting from both sides by a force that secured the area where he was present. This came according to an initial investigation by the Israeli army, and it was presented today (Tuesday) to the soldier’s family.”
According to the investigations, “I entered the area yesterday afternoon and found a tunnel. The same force also carried out survey operations inside the well connected to the tunnel, with the aim of linking to the tunnel to destroy it. At the same time, there was another battalion that secured the force.”
