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Company commander who left soldier behind in Gaza receives citation in record

By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent

The commander of the Golani Infantry Brigade on Sunday ordered that an incident last month in which an Israel Defense Forces soldier was left behind in the Gaza Strip be noted in the company commander's record.

The decision follows the completion of an internal inquiry into the matter conducted by the Gaza Division.

According to a preliminary investigation, soldiers from the Golani infantry Brigade's Battalion 51 were operating southeast of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip.

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On their way back to Israel, the force stopped some 700 meters from the border fence, and the soldier fell asleep.

IDF troops regularly count off in order to prevent soldiers from separating from the force, but it appears that during the count-off, one of the soldier's friends answered for him, and his absence was not noted.

The soldier was finally located after he shot tracer bullets in the air, and waved a florescent "sticklight" to identify himself.

He was described as "exhausted and scared" and returned safely to his base.

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1.	Something doesn`t tally here : It was soldiers "friend" who answe	21:32	\|	Absolute Sweden	12/08/07

2.	With friends like you...	21:33	\|	Akiva Patysh	12/08/07

3.	Left behind soldier in Gaza	22:40	\|	Henk	12/08/07

4.	Company Commander	23:38	\|	Angelo Tito Anselmi	12/08/07

5.	Let`s be concerned with something New	23:47	\|	* BEN JABO	12/08/07

6.	HE FAILED AS A COMPANY COMMANDER	01:02	\|	SM	13/08/07

7.	Honours next time	01:47	\|	Hannah	13/08/07

8.	Ben Jabo...the Hamas Navy	05:31	\|	Silvienne	13/08/07

9.	I understand that SM	05:56	\|	Mark Lincoln	13/08/07

10.	The bottom line - SM	05:59	\|	Mark Lincoln	13/08/07

11.	Was this a mission where overwhelming forces?	06:03	\|	Mark Lincoln	13/08/07

12.	citation	07:47	\|	isaac	13/08/07

13.	#8 Silvienne - Navy?	14:19	\|	* BEN JABO	13/08/07

14.	# 3 Henk - Petach Tikva	14:23	\|	* BEN JABO	13/08/07

15.	#12 Isaac - They put a note in his "TIK"	14:32	\|	* BEN JABO	13/08/07

16.	"citation" in the sense of traffic ticket	19:03	\|	DJStahl	13/08/07

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