The elimination of the terrorist who carried out the shooting attack in Binyamin/IDF spokesman
The shooting attack that happened the other day (Friday) at the Horseshoe intersection in Benjamin, in which David Garfinkel, a soldier of the Upper Cherry Unit, was killed, and six other soldiers were wounded in the exchange of fire that opened at the scene - has not yet been thoroughly investigated.
However, sharp and painful questions are already being raised regarding
the terrorist who carried out the shooting, a Palestinian who about ten years ago retired from his job in the Presidential Guard of the Palestinian Authority, took up a position in the field under olive trees and a tall hedge - not far from the intersection.
From there, he opens fire at the road with a carbine rifle equipped with a telescopic sight and foot pedals.
According to army sources, the effective range of the rifle for a skilled shooter is 200 meters.
At this point, the standby squad and the spatial defense forces quickly descend onto the road and fire is opened at them.
Forces from the Ram Battalion of the Home Front Command and a force from the Dovdevan unit were rushed to the scene, evacuated the wounded, began scanning and even called a remote manned aircraft and a combat helicopter to the area.
Hours passed - and locating the terrorist shooter turned out to be a very big challenge.
The terrorist demonstrated proficiency in military methods.
The scene of the attack/IDF spokesman
The initial investigation shows that the terrorist demonstrated proficiency in military methods of defense and attack, and built a number of stone positions in a rugged area - this is how he was prepared for the arrival of IDF forces.
Five hours later, a helicopter pilot fired a Vulcan cannon - but the terrorist was not injured. During the activity, a force Duvdevan rowed towards him from the upper part of the area accompanied by two drones. The force threw grenades at the terrorist and shot at him. The terrorist hid behind the position and in the exchange of overhead fire, Ili, who was at a range of about 30 m, was hit by a single bullet and killed. Only then, with the help of a combat helicopter, was launched A missile was fired at the terrorist and he was killed - after 5.5 hours.
The investigation shows that it was difficult to locate the location of the terrorist who had built several positions in an area close to an area with rocks and under olive trees. Also, the cloud cover did not allow a manned aircraft to be operated remotely.
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The Chief of Staff appointed Major General Aloni to investigate the attack on the Egyptian border - however the investigation was not distributed/IDF spokesperson
The in-depth investigation into the circumstances of the events that led to the death of a soldier from the Dovdvan unit will be carried out this week and will be conducted under very harsh criticism - mainly because the terrorist managed to hit the soldier.
The terrorist's method of operation is reminiscent of the incident of the Egyptian terrorist's infiltration in June 2023 - which killed three fighters and a female fighter.
Even then, the terrorist built positions in the field, there was great difficulty in locating him in an area with rocks and during the assault phase a fighter was killed and others were injured.
The Chief of Staff, Lt. Col. Hertzi Halevi, appointed Major General Nimrod Aloni to investigate the deadly attack on the Egyptian border in June 2023 in the context of border protection, but so far the investigation has not been distributed to all the forces in the IDF so that it is possible to learn from it in depth and prevent similar incidents. to investigate and delve into the wisdom and assimilate conclusions and lessons that flash as a red light and warn for the future.
IDF sources say that the terrorist who carried out the attack last Friday is an exception in the profile of the lone terrorists who get up in the morning and decide to carry out an attack - similar to the imam in Hebron who was killed by IDF fire near the Jewish settlement while armed with a rifle and firing towards a military position. And yet, the security establishment is expected to investigate in depth how the two individual terrorists slipped under the radar.
The army's ability to investigate and assimilate conclusions is flashing a red light.
Egypt border/Emir Bohbut
The investigation will take place this week with officials from the Yosh Union, the Efraim Spatial Brigade, the Current Security Operations Forces, the Dovdvan Unit, the Standby Squad, the Spatial Defense, the Combat Collection Corps and the Air Force. that were used in the area, the decision to attack the terrorist, the time of the aircraft jump and the manner of fire from the ground and from the air.
This is one of the explosive times that the Judea and Samaria region has known since Operation Protective Wall, during which approximately 500 terrorists were killed. From October 7, 2023 until the last few days, IDF forces stopped Throughout Yosh, over 3,500 suspects of terrorist activity were killed, over 400 terrorists were killed, 62% of whom were armed, and over 7,000 activities were carried out in the field, with an emphasis on 15 refugee camps
. Ramadan and over a period of time when regular forces are fighting in the Gaza Strip and are on alert on the border of Lebanon and Syria - while in the background Hamas headquarters abroad are working around the clock to incite and call for attacks. According to the IDF, the coming period will be one of the most explosive that IOSH has known in 20 years against the background of warnings for attacks.
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