The government accepted on Monday the proposal of Community Affairs Minister Tzachi Hanegbi to establish a committee to to investigate the 2018 Tzofit flood disaster.
Ten young people, students at the Bnei Tzion premilitary academy, died as a result of their teacher’s decision to go on a hike at Tzofit creek despite warnings that flash floods are likely to happen.console.log("BODY2. CatId is:"+catID);if(catID==120){console.log("BODY. YES for anyclip script");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.js'; script.setAttribute('pubname','jpostcom'); script.setAttribute('widgetname','0011r00001lcD1i_12258'); document.getElementsByClassName('divAnyClip')[0].appendChild(script);}else if(catID!=69 && catID!=2){console.log("BODY. YES for vidazoo script");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none"; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://static.vidazoo.com/basev/vwpt.js'; script.setAttribute('data-widget-id','60fd6becf6393400049e6535'); document.getElementsByClassName('divVidazoo')[0].appendChild(script); }
"It is our duty as the government to act and make sure such a terrible disaster will never happen again," Hanegbi said.
Hanegbi is the minister in charge of the premilitary academies, which currently include roughly 4,500 young people.
