The Chief of Staff, Major General Aviv Kochavi, announced today (Tuesday) that he will appoint Major General in the Reserves, Nitzan Alon, to chair a committee to examine the incident of the death of KAB (Senior Civilian Officer) T., who served in the Intelligence Division.
T.'s parents said in response that "the chief military prosecutor, General Yifat Tomer Yerushalmi, emphasized to us this morning that despite all the attempts of the investigating authorities, it is not possible to say what the cause of our son's death was and what caused it. Any speculation and assessment is baseless, even if it comes out From the IDF, only increases the deep pain our family is in.
We welcome the establishment of the committee, albeit considerably late, which will examine the commemoration of our son along with an impartial, thorough, deep and serious home inspection regarding the conduct of the unit."
Demonstration for the investigation of the death of the intelligence officer, photo: Michel Dot Kom
The grave of the intelligence officer, photo: Michel Dot Kom
The committee, which will present its conclusions to the Chief of Staff within about a month, will examine the incident with a systemic approach and an overall command view, while examining the manner in which the lessons were assimilated and applied and will present conclusions as systemic as they may be. The committee will also examine T's status as a soldier at the time of his death in the military prison facility .
The committee will not deal with the circumstances of the officer's death, which are being investigated as part of a criminal investigation by the IDF Internal Investigations Unit. The investigation is in the final stages, and will be concluded by the military attorney's office in the near future.
T's memorial, photo: Michel dot Kom
More and more committees
After the arrest of T. on suspicion of committing serious security offenses, a committee was appointed headed by Brigadier General (ret.) Noam Shaar. The committee was designed to examine aspects related to the selection of candidates, and other aspects related to T.'s military service until his arrest, including the control mechanisms in the unit in which the officer served , in order to learn lessons and prevent the repetition of similar cases.
After T's death, the head of the ACA appointed a committee headed by Brigadier General (ret.) Miki Luria, for a systemic and broad examination of the prison system in the IDF, with an emphasis on prisoners with unique characteristics.
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