Brigadier-GeneralOferWolf told the Knesset Foreign Affairs andDefense Committee, Tuesday, "From the information I have, wedo notknow anysoldierwho enteredprisonbecause of a delaydue to thetransportationsystem.The commanderswere briefednot to punishsoldiers who camelater." Referring to the just-enacted ban on free train travel for soldiers between 6:00 and 9:00 a.m. on Sunday,he explained,"There isa documentthat directtheactivity to startthreehourslater [than normal]."
Earlier, Chairwoman Miri Regev of the Subcommittee on Personnel and Reserves reported that a soldier had been taken into custody and other soldiers had been disciplined in other ways, demanding that the imprisoned soldier be released immediately.