Sharp criticism: The father of Major Ofek Aharon attacked in a conversation with a friend of his son from the team of fighters: “He was looking for equipment that was stolen not by our enemies – but by Bedouins, why suddenly shoot two soldiers? It was only after the commander-in-chief came to comfort that he decided to stop all training. “
Eli Aharon, the father of the late Major Ofek Aharon who was killed in a disaster in the Egoz unit last week, told a close friend of Ofek from the regular staff who came to comfort: “Ofek went in search of stolen equipment, not by our enemies, not by Hamas, not by “Palestinian terrorists. But by Bedouin. So why are they shooting at him and Itamar? Why are they shooting at two soldiers? This is not a dangerous area. There are no enemies of ours. So what?”
The bereaved father, quoted in “Here 11”, added: “Only after the commander-in-chief came here to comfort – he decided to stop all training. Only after he came here.”
Yesterday, about a week after the disaster in the IDF commando and at the end of an IDF “learning curfew” that took place earlier this week, the Egoz unit returned to training in a northern outline, as part of the unit’s annual training program. Of the unit in the Upper Galilee and spoke with the unit’s commanders and fighters about the shooting incident and the obligation to conduct a professional and thorough investigation.
Major Itamar Elharar and Major Ofek Aharon, both commanders of factions in the Egoz unit, were killed as a result of gunfire due to a mistake in identification, in the area of fire at the Nabi Musa base in the Jordan Valley.