 On 5 September, a lieutenant in the Kfir Brigade who was not at the scene testified that he understood Azaria's belief of the stabber wearing a suicide vest and was justified in shooting him if he was indeed wearing a suicide vest.However, during the cross-examination of the lieutenant, the prosecution proved he had only heard Azaria's story after he had already gotten advice from his defense lawyer with the lieutenant also admitting he had never encountered an explosive vest during his military career.On the same day, a surgeon Dov Shimon submitted his opinion that the stabber did not die due to Azaria shooting him.