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Itongadol.- Four Israel Defense Forces soldiers were wounded on Tuesday during an armored corps drill in the southern Golan Heights.
Of the four soldiers, two were seriously wounded, one was moderately hurt and one sustained light injuries. Two helicopters evacuated the soldiers to the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.
Further details of the incident remain unclear.
Last month, two IDF officers were wounded by an explosive device near the Israel-Lebanon border. The officers were hurt while undertaking a “planned demolition” during an operation near the border.
At the time, an IDF official said the incident was unrelated to terrorism, but rather an explosion that occurred near a base during routine operational activity.
Last May, an Israeli soldier was killed during a training course while removing a land mine in the Golan Heights.
Private Roey Yisrael Alfi, 19, and his unit were undergoing a standard advanced training course near Moshav Yonatan when an old land mine exploded, killing Alfi.