Initial findings of an IDF probe into the death of Maglan Unit reservist Sergeant First Class Eitan Ben Ami in southern Lebanon on Wednesday suggest that heavy winter weather caused the collapse of a building he was in, which had been targeted earlier in an airstrike as part of a preparatory operation.
The IDF has ruled out the possibility that the building’s collapse was caused by an explosion. The operation involved troops advancing through a built-up area, moving between buildings that had been struck in earlier airstrikes. Despite heavy rainfall in the region overnight, the military proceeded with the planned operation.