The investigation into last’s week death of IDF soldier Noam Adin Richter Levy, 20, from Mitzpei Netufa has determined the soldier was not killed by enemy fire, but by a bullet fired by the deputy company commander.
 
The officer responsible was discharged by Central Commander Major-General Gadi Shamni, and another officer was cited as bearing some of the responsibility and is barred from leading any operation for the next two years.
 
It was first believed that Richter was killed during a struggle with Arabs, theorizing his weapon discharged and hit him. It was later learned that the deputy company commander’s weapons discharged while he was struggling with local Arabs, and apparently, his barrel shifted position, killing the soldier.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)