The previous head of the elite Egoz commando unit shall be denied additional promotions till the top of his army service, the Israel Protection Forces introduced Sunday, after inflicting a hearth throughout a army drill over the summer time and later mendacity about it.
Lt. Col. Efraim Tehila, who was additionally entangled in however not punished for a case of pleasant fireplace this January which left two Egoz officers useless, was accused by IDF chief Aviv Kohavi of a “critical ethical failure” over the fireplace incident in July.
In keeping with the IDF, Tehila activated an explosive machine towards protocol throughout a army train within the Golan Heights, inflicting a hearth.
The hearth was extinguished by troops, however an IDF investigation revealed that Tehila lied about the reason for the blaze to his army superiors and representatives from the Nature Reserve and Parks Authority.
When confronted, Tehila admitted to activating the explosive in a approach that violated army protocol, took full duty for his actions, and expressed remorse, the IDF mentioned in a press release.
“The officer acted in full opposition to coaching directions, and his conduct afterward was not ample with the values of the IDF,” mentioned the commander of the IDF’s Central Command, Yehuda Fuchs, who led the probe into Tehila.
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Kohavi accepted Fuchs’s suggestion, saying that the officer dedicated a “critical ethical failure, and subsequently is just not match to carry command positions or advance within the service within the IDF.”
“Telling the reality is a central and elementary precept within the IDF, and subsequently not telling the reality is crossing a purple line that can’t be accepted,” Kohavi mentioned in remarks supplied by the IDF.
Tehila remained as commander of Egoz following the pleasant fireplace incident in January, till the top of his tenure in August, however was blocked from a deliberate promotion. He’s now anticipated to proceed serving in a non-command place for a number of years till he retires.
