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IDF soldier accidentally shot by fellow soldier, suffers serious wounds
By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: IDF, Israel, soldier 

An Israel Defense forces soldier was seriously wounded Sunday when he was accidentally shot by a fellow soldier.

The incident occurred at the Dotan military base in northern Israel.

The soldier, serving in the Givati infantry regiment, suffered serious wounds to his back, after a fellow soldier accidentally shot him while cleaning his personal weapon.
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First aid was administered to the wounded soldier at the scene of the incident, and he was later evacuated to the Hillel Yaffe hospital in Hadera.

The military police is looking into the details of the event.

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