One Israeli soldier was killed today and 28 others injured, six of them seriously, when a hand grenade exploded during a training exercise at an army camp in the Sinai. The dead soldier was identified as Sgt. Gadi Assiag, 20, who was instructing a group of men when the accident occurred.
The army has set up a special investigating committee to determine how a live hand grenade was in with a pile of dummy grenades. According to regulations, only dummy grenades are to be used for training soldiers. The live hand grenade exploded as Assiag pulled the safety pin. The wounded were flown by helicopter to the Beersheba Hospital.
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