In visit to IDF outpost, Knesset Speaker Ohana fired weapons at shooting range without approval

During a visit to an IDF outpost in the West Bank on Thursday last week, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana fired several weapons in a shooting range, despite not being cleared to do so by the military, Channel 12 reports.

Ohana was visiting the Yakir Outpost to meet with the IDF reserve soldiers stationed there and was accompanied throughout by Chief Reserve Officer Brig. Gen. Benny Ben-Ari.

After receiving an overview of the outpost’s activities and speaking to the soldiers, Ohana was brought to the firing range. According to the report, he then went against the IDF’s orders and fired both a MAG and Negev machine gun, as well as a grenade launcher.

Following the incident, the IDF Spokesman’s Office said that “the visit was planned and coordinated in advance,” but that the “shooting at the range was not included in the scope of the approved visit, and was carried out against orders.”

The statement added that the incident is under review.