At least two senior Israel Defense Force officers have been removed from their posts, and court-martials may be in store for others in connection with the savage guerrilla attack last weekend on a poorly defended IDF training camp in Israel that left three sleeping recruits dead.
Military sources said Thursday that these were only the first disciplinary measures and hinted that a much broader shakeup was in the offing, affecting IDF brass and non-commissioned personnel alike.
The IDf chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Ehud Barak, was reported Thursday to have received and accepted the report of Maj. Gen. Nehemia Tamari, a ranking member of General Headquarters staff, whom he assigned to investigate the disaster.
Tamari is said to have recommended court martials for a lieutenant colonel and four junior officers and that an unspecified number of non-commissioned officers should be stripped of their rank for lapses of discipline.
The chief of staff is reported to have sent those recommendations to the military prosecutor’s office, which will decide if charges should be pressed.
Meanwhile, military sources said a colonel in command of Nahal Training Base 80, to which the recruit camp was attached, has been removed, along with a lieutenant colonel.
The IDF has issued new regulations beefing up security at all military camps, especially those housing untrained recruits.
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