The IDF published the findings of the accidental shooting disaster investigation in the Egoz unit yesterday. At the end of a difficult investigation with serious conclusions, the chief of staff decided not to accept Egoz’s commander’s request to resign, and he will continue to command the unit when his future appointment is revoked.
The unit’s deputy commander, an officer with the rank of major, a platoon commander and the team commander who carried out the shooting, were removed from office. The SMGD and the commander of the voyage will be able to return to command the soldiers for another two years.
The findings of the team of experts presented less than a month after the tragedy in Nabi Musa reveal a difficult and serious picture of the conduct in the Walnut unit after the theft of the night-vision device, from a post-night fighter Found out that was stolen.
From that moment on he showed that the unit was out of reset and there was no one to do order: a sequence of serious malfunctions contrary to orders, problems in reporting to the battalion commander and especially problems of decisions made in the field without discretion, professionalism and basic tasks. During the more than 24 hours since the theft of the Emerald, many unusual incidents occurred in the unit, improvised patrols of forces in the unit that left without coordination and instruments, scans of Bedouin encampments in the area and even other safety incidents that could have ended in disaster. He identifies a suspect.
The sequence of exceptional events continues and the team of experts believes that this conduct and the work that did not stop for a time made a significant contribution to the difficult outcome. At 23:00 at night, the commissioner hears that he went out alone uncoordinated to carry out a scan in the range, eight meters away he identifies two figures who were sure he was a local Bedouin who wanted to steal equipment, the second force numbered four fighters “Pim.
Only eight meters away from each other the encounter takes place so far it is not clear who spat first but the commissioner fires six bullets at the two factions that are ahead of his points of understanding he was sure it was terrorists he was fighting for his life. During the shooting he shouts, the third platoon recognizes the shout and realizes that it is one of his officers and stops walking and calls the name of the officer who stopped the shooting but too late, Ofek according to the evidence is still enough to release a shout. They could have been saved.
On the other hand, while the investigative committee found discrepancies in the management of the routine during the training week in the Egoz unit, an inspection conducted by the IDF Comptroller’s Unit in other units found no discrepancies in the routine of operations. The committee found that in recent years, with an emphasis on 2021, the IDF has taken many actions that have been found to be effective in preventing the theft of weapons in the training areas, which has led to a significant decrease in thefts in the IDF.
In light of the findings of the investigations and their conclusions, the Chief of Staff decided to cancel the appointment of the unit’s commander, Lt. Col. A., to the position of Brigadier General 3 (Alexandroni) and his promotion will be delayed for two years. In the next two years, the commander of Division B, Major Y., will end his position and he will not serve in a command position for the next two years. – First C., a fighter in the unit, will be dismissed from combat.
The chief of staff said: “This is a very difficult and serious incident that could and should have been prevented. The incident stemmed from deficiencies in professionalism, non-compliance with orders and, first and foremost, a serious mistake in judgment. “
“Professionalism and discipline are also the basis for initiative. We are committed in every task to ensure careful and meticulous planning of every step and every detail in the operation, training and every routine activity, while identifying points of failure and weakness in advance that could lead to malfunctions. The health and lives of our soldiers, “he added.
Reservist Major General Noam Tibon: “Irresponsibility to attribute this incident to an interpretation of initiative and striving for contact in the context of sovereignty” “.
Along with these decisions, which directly relate to the difficult event, the Chief of Staff stated that personal conclusions should not be satisfied and extensive systemic actions should be taken to prevent such cases. For the difficult event in the nut unit and assimilate the required lessons.
The Chief of Staff instructed that in all IDF units, the routine of operations would be stopped for a week, for the purpose of implementing ‘Genesis Procedures’ (orders and procedures that define the desired principles of conduct in routine, training and operations). The purpose of the ‘Genesis Seder’ week will be to fundamentally whitewash all routine procedures, planning norms, how to send and execute tasks and how to carry out the instructions and commands. Also, a discount on the implementation of a unit routine management chapter in all courses and trainings.
In addition to the command investigation and the committee of experts, the military police is being investigated for the incident, at the end of which its findings will be submitted to the military prosecutor’s office for examination. The findings of the Command Committee’s investigative investigation were presented to the Al-Harrar and Aharon families.
Last month, the late 28-year-old Major Ofek Aharon and the late 26-year-old Major Itamar Elharar, platoon commanders in the Egoz unit, were killed as a result of gunfire by another officer following a mistake in identification, during a security operation near the IDF camp. In the Jordan Valley.
The two, who served in the commando unit, were killed last night, as mentioned, as a result of a misidentification that led to a two-way shooting near the base in the Jordan Valley. The tragic incident occurred during security operations near the IDF camp in the Jordan Valley. The IDF also said that the message had been given to their families, and that the circumstances of the case were being investigated.
The late Major Ofek Aharon (right), the late Major Itamar Elharar (left) (Photo: IDF Spokesman)During the incident, the two officers patrolled, when at one point they noticed a suspicious figure and initiated a suspicious arrest procedure towards her. The same figure, an officer from the same unit who feared that this was a terrorist incident, opened fire on them and killed them.