Posted on 10/27/22
| News Source: i24
Major Bar Falah killed after troops used tactic that army brass describes as 'risky'
An investigation into the death of an Israeli army officer last month in an exchange of fire with two Palestinians in the northern West Bank highlighted "mistakes" made by troops, the military revealed on Thursday.
The officer, Major Bar Falah, 30, deputy commander of the Nahal battalion's reconnaissance unit, was killed in a clash at the West Bank security fence near the Palestinian village of Jalamah on September 14, as he attempted to arrest two gunmen, Abd al-Rahman Abed and Ahmad Iman Abed.
According to the military's final investigation, the two men were spotted shortly before midnight by soldiers, about 50 feet from a military post in the so-called seam zone between the West Bank and Israel.
Soldiers stationed in the area began an arrest procedure which consisted of warnings and shooting in the air.
The suspects did not respond to the soldiers, who were also unaware that they were armed and planning an attack.