Haaretz, Nov. 3, 2016

A smiling soldier called Yuval approached and said the reason for the delay was security related. That’s what soldiers always say when they’re late to open a locked gate.

[...] After countless telephone calls between the soldiers and commanders, and as it was already getting dark, the women were told they were free to go. So they weren’t able to check the situation at two other checkpoints. Maybe that was the whole point of the exercise?