Israeli military vehicles are seen burning following a Hezbollah missile strike across the border on January 28, 2015. Two IDF soldiers were killed in the attack. (AFP/MARUF KHATIB)
Brig. Gen. Moni Katz, commander of IDF’s Division 91, will present his investigation into the deadly Hezbollah strike on the northern border in late January, the Walla news site reports.
Katz will submit his findings to Gen. Aviv Kochavi, commander of the Northern Command.
Two Israeli military vehicles seen burning after being hit in a strike claimed by Hezbollah along the Lebanese border on January 28, 2015. (Screen capture: Channel 2)
The report is expected to say that the fact the soldiers were traveling in an unarmored vehicle actually saved lives, because the Hezbollah Kornet missile passed through the vehicle instead of detonating inside. An officer and another soldier were killed in the attack, but the three soldiers in the back, who were lightly injured, would also have been killed if they were in an armored vehicle, the investigation finds.
Soldiers in other vehicles in the convoy were also able to jump out of their vehicles quickly because they were not armored, according to the report.
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