(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - Two Israeli security guards near a Hebron-area West Bank settlement were killed Thursday afternoon as the result of a mistake by IDF troops who were scouting for terrorists, said IDF Major General Moshe Kaplinsky. The two victims were Yoav Doron, aged 22, from Jerusalem, a 2nd lieutenant in the crack Egoz reconnaissance unit of the Golani brigade, on leave from the army, and Yehuda Ben-Yosef, 22, from Ma'aleh Adumim, who recently finished his army service in the same unit. The IDF announced an investigation into the incident.
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