In an unusual and serious incident, an IDF soldier was seriously injured on Motzei Shabbos in a fight with another soldier in the northern Gaza Strip. The soldier was evacuated from Gaza by helicopter to the hospital. A preliminary investigation of the incident revealed that it occurred as soldiers from the Nahal Brigade’s 931st Battalion were resting in their compound in the Beit Lahiya area. A fight developed between two soldiers, and one soldier hit the other with a weapon and then beat him with a hot water kettle. The brigade commander interrogated the soldier and suspended him from combat service. A military investigation was launched into the serious incident. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)