Israeli sources: seven Israeli soldiers injured, one seriously, at an Israeli naval base
Wednesday January 16, 2008 21:19
by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

Israeli media sources reported that an artillery shell exploded onboard an Israel Navy missile ship at the Haifa naval base on Wednesday morning injuring seven soldiers, one critically.
Israeli Naval Boat - File 2008
Israeli Navy sources said that two of those injured were civilian contractors who were working on the military base.
According to the navy sources the explosion took place while maintenance work was being done on one of the war ship cannons; the navy concluded by saying that an investigation of the incident has been launched.
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