An investigation into the shooting incident that was accidentally carried out from an IDF tank towards the Gaza Strip a week and a half ago revealed that the commanders did not act according to the procedures and the force thought it was a real incident.
Accidental shooting in Gaza: "Commanders' conduct failed"
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Eyal Margolin
"Serious event and full of failures":
This week, the commander of the Gaza Division, Brigadier General Nimrod Aloni, and the commander of the "Gaash" formation, Brigadier General Dan Neumann, were presented with an investigation into an accidental tank fire from Israel to the Gaza Strip on December 14, 2020.
The investigation determined that this was a serious incident and raised a number of failures, malfunctions and errors in the conduct of the commanders and in safety aspects.
The conclusions of the investigation revealed that the commanders did not follow the required procedures, before and during the exercise, which led to a misunderstanding by the force that this was a true event.
Following the findings of the investigation, the commander of the "Gaash" formation decided to take a number of command measures.
The platoon commander was tried by the battalion commander, and sentenced to seven days in actual detention for failures in his command conduct and on the issue of safety.
The company commander and the company's deputy commander were tried by the brigade commander for their overall responsibility for the incident, as well as for the company commander's deputy role in the non - implementation of the binding orders.
The officers were sentenced to 14 days probation.
The IDF said that it is of great importance to conduct in-depth investigations, learning and drawing lessons in such incidents.