Tonight (Monday), the details of the Israeli security investigation that crossed the border into Syria, and was returned to Israel over the weekend as part of a deal involving Russia, were allowed to be published.
The investigation revealed that the young woman arrived at Majdal Shamas by bus between the first and second of February this year. She traveled from Kiryat Shmona to Majdal, where she stayed for about an hour or two.
At around nine in the evening, she climbed in the direction of Ma’ale Golani, around a hiking trail that is open to everyone. She said she knew exactly where she was going, and came to a space with an old fence, which she crossed about 120-150 meters from its end.
It turned out that the young woman had crossed the fence in an area where there was an indication, so there was an indication for a company that jumped for observation. The soldiers looked at the line of report of the touch and began scans in Israeli territory, but the young woman actually marched to the Khader area, and the observers did not identify anything and denied intrusion into Israeli territory.
Since the reference scenario is of infiltration into Israeli territory and not of crossing in the opposite direction, the Northern Command believes that the observers acted reasonably, but the information was not reported beyond the company. As a result of the Syrians’ appeal to the Russians, the investigation began.
The IDF decided that there were errors, even those that should be learned from and do not require punishment and disciplinary action. Two main areas will be taken into account: reporting and updating, and preparing for illusory scenarios.