Salamander

Over an hour after completing military operation in Strip, Golani troops realize one soldier missing, only to be found in Palestinian territory due to faulty headcount

Hanan Greenberg
Published: 07.29.07, 12:23 / Israel News

An Israeli soldier was left behind by his Golani comrades in Gaza this weekend after the brigade completed an operation in the Strip. The soldier was found over an hour later, exhausted and frightened, some 700 meters within Palestinian territory.

"The incident could have ended in a kidnapping. There is a chain of intolerable mistakes here," a military source told Ynet on Sunday.