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title: "Army tank accidentally fires on Egyptian post near Gaza"
url: https://moldova1.md/p/18101/army-tank-accidentally-fires-on-egyptian-post-near-gaza
published: 2023-10-23T05:00:00Z
language: en
section: "International"
source: moldova1.md
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# Army tank accidentally fires on Egyptian post near Gaza

> Several Egyptian border guards sustained minor injuries on Sunday after being accidentally hit by fragments of a shell from an Israeli tank, a spokesperson for the Egyptian army said, Reuters reports.

Several Egyptian border guards sustained minor injuries on Sunday after being accidentally hit by fragments of a shell from an Israeli tank, a spokesperson for the Egyptian army said, Reuters reports.

![Agerpres](https://storage.moldova1.md/images/bc70d6fa-aaf0-4835-ba5c-07ca527b860c.jpg)

*Sursa: Agerpres*

Israel's military earlier said one of its tanks accidentally hit an Egyptian position near the border with the Gaza Strip.

> BREAKING: Israel tank accidentally fires and hits an Egyptian post near the border in the area of Kerem Shalom. Under investigation. Saw these tanks earlier today outside Kibbutz Be’eri: pic.twitter.com/TJ34LPZzEH — Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) October 22, 2023

Israel's defence force "expresses sorrow regarding the incident," which is being investigated," it said in a statement, giving no further details.