Dismissal of the officer infected with Corona: Her father claims the...

Do the IDF again prefer to blame the SAG and absolve the senior commanders of responsibility? The company’s headquarters in BAD 1, which was removed from office, did not take part in the investigations that took place before the decision to oust her due to her alleged responsibility for the corona outbreak in her company, her father claims.

In a conversation with Maariv, the father, an IDF retiree who has served regularly for many years, claims that many inaccuracies emerge from the investigation. “My daughter’s version was not heard as part of the investigations that took place. “The company investigation that took place had no reference, and she asked the battalion commander to take part in the investigation of the commander of the B’Tselem, even though she asked for it several times,” he says.

“Even before the outbreak of the epidemic at the base, my daughter informed the battalion commander, together with other commanders, of failures and serious problems in the functioning of the base in dealing with the corona. These inquiries were left unanswered, “the father adds.” It cannot be ignored that my daughter, along with other soldiers, served as a scapegoat in shifting responsibility from the senior officers at the base. “

Last week, Maariv published inaccuracies and incorrect data in an investigation conducted at the officers’ school. In one of them it was alleged towards one of the cadets that she did not report her father’s fear that he had been exposed to a verified corona patient. The IDF now confirms that there was an incorrect figure that emerged in the first investigation conducted under the command of the Officers’ School, headed by Col. Guy Levy.

In the appeal she filed, the company commander responded to the cadet’s allegations, adding that the details she provided about her were distorted and presented in the investigation in a false and incorrect manner. Her allegations indicate that the interrogation stated that she was present during the battalion interrogation, but in practice the battalion commander was satisfied with a short phone call in which he asked her a few individual questions on the subject.

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It was further alleged that a comprehensive investigation conducted by the commander who was dismissed regarding the sequence of events that preceded the outbreak of the virus and which was forwarded to the battalion commander and the training officer who wrote the investigation (also signed by the Baha’i commander) was completely ignored. Including mixing company capsules, isolating soldiers in overcrowded tents, traveling in crowded buses contrary to many guidelines, etc. These claims, it turns out, were rejected outright by the battalion commander. Although the IDF confirmed the claim of inaccuracies in the investigation, it claimed that this was corrected in subsequent investigations, and that the command decisions on this issue were not based on them.

An IDF spokesman said: “After the outbreak of the virus in the unit, a preliminary investigation was conducted in the circumstances of isolation, and upon the officer’s return, completions and corrections were made in connection with a number of data and insights that were discovered, followed by a full and up-to-date investigation.”

It was further stated: “The decision to terminate the officer’s position was made following the non-fulfillment of her command responsibility, after an inquiry was made with her during which she was given the opportunity to present her claims to the commanders.

Corona – Home Front Command activity ahead of the entry into force of the holiday closure. Photo: IDF Spokesman