The soldiers, under fire, had been shooting from small slits in the wall of their outpost; General Yom-Tov Samia, then head of the IDF's Southern Command said they may not have had a clear field of vision, and had fired in the direction from which they believed the fire was coming.
Para prajurit tersebut, pada saat tembak menembak, telah menembak dari celah-celah kecil di tembok pos mereka; Jenderal Yom-Tov Samia, kepala Komando Selatan IDF pada waktu itu berkata bahwa mereka tidak benar-benar menjalankan visi dengan jernih, dan telah menembak ke arah yang mereka yakini tembakan tersebut datang.