The tank crews fired at a building they thought harbored terrorists, but instead was the field headquarters of the deputy commander of the Paratroopers 202nd Battalion.
Five Israeli soldiers were killed and seven wounded in a friendly-fire incident in northern Gaza after they were mistakenly targeted by tank artillery fire, the Israeli military said.
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