World : accident kills 5 israeli soldiers

JERUSALEM — A stray artillery shell accidentally exploded today near a group of soldiers on a training exercise, killing five and wounding 10, the Israeli army command said. Three of the

wounded suffered serious injuries, the military said. The accident occurred this morning while a reserve unit was conducting an exercise involving the capture of a position at a training

base in southern Israel, it said. The military command released no further details. Army officials who spoke on condition of anonymity said the accident was at a military base near Tzeelim

in the southern Negev desert, 15 miles from the Egyptian border. MORE TO READ