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Rhiannon12866

(255,551 posts) Mon Oct 23, 2023, 02:40 AM Oct 2023

IDF says one of its tanks accidentally fired on Egyptian position - Velshi - MSNBC

The Israel Defense Forces said in a post on the social platform X that one of its tanks fired and accidentally hit an Egyptian position near the Gaza border. The IDF said an investigation into the incident is ongoing. - Aired on 10/22/2023.

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IDF says one of its tanks accidentally fired on Egyptian position - Velshi - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Oct 2023 OP

If the investigation is ongoing then how does one justify the use of "accidentally"? RockRaven Oct 2023 #1

RockRaven

(19,377 posts)

1. If the investigation is ongoing then how does one justify the use of "accidentally"?

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Mon Oct 23, 2023, 04:05 AM

Oct 2023

Wouldn't the investigation determine whether that term was appropriate or not?

One could say "This happened; we are investigating how/why." Adding descriptors which one isn't prepared or able to justify at the moment they are used isn't good from a credibility standpoint.

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