 The prosecutor also said that Ohana's claim that he thought the stabber had a bomb was untrue stating that he would have not come so close to him if that was the case.Colonel Yariv Ben-Ezra, the commander of Hebron Brigades at the time of shooting testified on 6 July that the shooting was unwarranted and there was no explosives.On 11 July, a soldier present at the scene testified that he saw Azaria cock his gun and stated that Azaria had said the stabber deserved to die.