IDF mulls citations for troops in Gaza

The IDF begins investigating the various missions during Operation Protective Edge to determine whether soldiers should receive citations for their conduct.

According to the Walla news site, the IDF has already indicated that various soldiers have earned the honor.

A senior official says that the incident involving Lt. Eitan, who ran into a tunnel against army orders to retrieve his captured comrade, Hadar Goldin, was “historic,” in that “it prevented Hamas from changing the face of the campaign.”

Eitan entered the tunnel after the operatives, and followed them for hundreds of meters. In the course of the search, he unearthed evidence that enabled the IDF to pronounce Goldin’s death.