Brig. Gen. Yehuda Vach assumed his post as commander of the 252nd Division in early August. What followed was alleged negligence, disregard of IDF procedure, nepotism and needless endangerment of Israeli soldiers – leading to the deaths of eight
The reports on their deaths were laconic. They were eulogized, buried and joined the growing number of soldiers who fell in the Gaza Strip. But the deaths of these eight soldiers, some of them reservists, stood out even in the sea of bereavement and commemoration.