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2025-06-10 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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After Action Report: Troops sought to rule out threats before deadly blast killed 4 in Khan Younis – IDF probe
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[IsraelTimes] Army investigation finds troops called bomb squad after spotting suspicious findings in 2nd floor of building, which was not struck because it was needed for operations in area
The Israel Defense Forces on Monday evening released the results of a preliminary investigation into the deaths of four troops in a kaboom at a booby-trapped building in southern Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
’s Khan Younis last week.
The explosion and subsequent building collapse on Friday morning killed Sgt. Maj. (res.) Chen Gross, Staff Sgt. Yoav Raver, Sgt. First Class Tom Rotstein and Staff Sgt. Uri Yhonatan Cohen, and maimed five other soldiers.
The probe found that the soldiers carried out numerous steps to rule out threats before entering the building, and upon noticing a suspicious finding, they alerted a bomb disposal squad.
According to the IDF’s investigation, several days before the incident, troops operating in the area in Khan Younis used "a variety of intelligence means to scan the buildings ahead of future activity."
After the examination, the military suspected that several buildings were booby-trapped.
Still, IDF officials, during an assessment before the incident, decided that some of the buildings in the area would need to be used for the army’s planned activity. The IDF often uses buildings in Gaza as makeshift command centers during its operations against Hamas
 ..always the voice of sweet reason...
Two of the buildings were defined as likely booby-trapped, and their "benefit" for the activity was low, and the risk was unnecessary; therefore, they were bombed from the air and destroyed, the probe found.
Next to a third building, the IDF located what it suspected was an bomb, but due to the "operational need and the building being essential" for operations in the area, it was decided to try and disarm the suspected bomb.
The IDF began a series of actions to rule out or neutralize the suspected bomb before sending troops into the area. The actions involved sending a drone into the building and scanning for the suspected explosive.
The drone footage was reviewed by the commander of the force operating in the area, and the military came to the conclusion that it was not an bomb, and there were no suspicious indications that the building was booby-trapped.
The troops also opened fire on the building’s two floors before approaching the area. Gunfire was also directed against the building a day prior by combat engineers.
Right before the troops entered the building, the soldiers hurled an bomb into the first floor, in a last attempt to try and set off any possible booby traps.
The first floor of the two-story building was scanned by the forces and found to be clear of any possible explosives.
The troops then reached the second floor and spotted suspicious findings. The troops called for the bomb disposal squad, and the commander of the force made the rest of the troops step back, while staying with his signals soldier on the staircase.
Moments later, the bomb exploded against the forces, killing four and wounding five.
The IDF investigation has so far been unable to determine how the explosive was activated or what type of bomb was used.
The military said that the troops "acted professionally in a high-risk combat zone, and did the best they could to rule out all threats."
The publication of the investigation came after the right-wing Channel 14 channel claimed that the building was not targeted in an Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM! ...
because of an order given by the army’s top lawyer.
Channel 14 claimed that the IDF had sent troops into the building rather than targeting it in an airstrike because Military Advocate General Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi had ostensibly changed army protocol to prohibit striking the structure as doing so would result in "high collateral damage."
In an unusual move, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir issued a statement on Sunday night rejecting the "false, repeated, and baseless attacks regarding the conduct of the Military Advocate General."
Israel launched its war in Gaza following the October 7, 2023, Hamas assault on southern Israel that killed some 1,200 people and saw another 251 taken hostage. Terror groups in Gaza continue to hold 55 hostages, including the bodies of at least 33 confirmed dead by the IDF, and 20 who are believed to be alive. There are grave concerns for the well-being of two others, Israeli officials have said.
Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip stands at 429. The toll includes two coppers and three Defense Ministry civilian contractors. 
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