An army spokesperson said it was "a coincidence" - a response dismissed by observers who noted that several Palestinian sites were hacked last week, as was the site of the Russell tribunal, currently hearing testimony in South Africa on why Israel is an apartheid state.

The Kenyan army spokesperson claimed KDF air strikes destroyed 2 Al Shabaab camps.

A Kenyan army spokesperson also said that 20 Al-Shabaab fighters had defected.

The army spokesperson for the 15 Corps said that the protesters were throwing stones at a military picket, and refused to disperse despite repeated appeals.

RSS Rwanda suspends and put under house arrest four of its most senior military officers for "acts of indiscipline", an army spokesperson says.

A British army spokesperson said that the badgers were "native to the region but rare in Iraq" and "are usually only dangerous to humans if provoked".

Tarachansky interviewed the men's families and found falsities within the Israeli army spokesperson's claim regarding the killed and the details of the raid.

Relatives also say that the soldiers were held under guard for almost two days, although an army spokesperson denies the claim.