A serious safety incident occurred in the elite Maglan unit, adding to the fatal operational accidents that have occurred in the military in recent weeks. Last week, two soldiers in the unit were moderately and lightly wounded by friendly fire from their platoon member during urban warfare training at a base in the Golan Heights, ynet has learned. Initial investigation reveals that one of the exercise targets was mistakenly placed on an external wall in one of the rooms, rather than on the wall adjacent to the barrier wall. A soldier practicing with live ammunition fired at this target while two soldiers were standing behind the wooden wall and were hit by bullets and shrapnel.

