Three IDF soldiers were killed Friday night on the Israel-Egypt border.
Initially, two IDF soldiers, were killed by an Egyptian police officer hours after IDF forces foiled an attempt to smuggle 1.5 million NIS worth of drugs near Mount Harif on the Egyptian border.
In a different incident later that night, a third IDF soldier, Ohad Dahan, was killed. In that incident, the terrorist was also killed.
The female soldier killed in the first incident has been named as Lia Bin-Nun. The third soldier’s identity has not yet been released.
Lia Bin-Nun, a 19-year-old resident of Rishon Lezion and another soldier from the Bardelas Battalion were killed on the border with Egypt, in the same area where just hours prior a drug-smuggling attempt had been foiled. A few hours later, the terrorist, an Egyptian police officer, was identified in Israeli territory and eliminated by IDF soldiers.
In that incident, a soldier from the Caracal Battalion, First Sergeant Ohad Dahan, a 20-year-old resident of Ofakim, was killed. Dahan fired during a shootout which ended with the elimination of the terrorist. Sources said that the terrorist was spotted by a drone 1.5 kilometers into Israeli territory. The IDF is investigating whether the weather harmed the deterrence on the border. The terrorist was found to be carrying weapons and a Quran.
The IDF investigation showed that the terrorist crossed into Israel through a crossing in the border which is maintained in coordination between the IDF and the Egyptian army. The crossing is used as a logistics gate. The two fighters did not manage to see him before he opened fire and killed them. Communications between the two fighters and the guardpost was lost at 4:15a.m., and at 9:00a.m. they were found lifeless, with gunshot wounds on their bodies.
