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Far-right MK Zvi Sukkot summoned for police questioning over IDF base break-in
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Far-right lawmaker Zvi Sukkot has been summoned for questioning by the Southern District police’s fraud division regarding last year’s break-in to the IDF’s Sde Teiman base, Hebrew outlets report.
The Religious Zionism MK was part of a mob that rioted outside the military base in July 2024, after Military Police sparked outrage on the right by detaining several reservists on suspicion of severely abusing a Palestinian terror detainee held there. Five were indicted earlier this year.
During the break-in, Sukkot was filmed pushing through the gates of the base despite IDF efforts to block his entrance.
Days after the incident, Sukkot doubled down on his actions in the Knesset, insisting that he had been doing his job and is permitted to enter “any place in the State of Israel” for the purpose of oversight.
Likud MK Nissim Vaturi and Otzma Yehudit MKs Amichai Eliyahu stormed the base alongside Sukkot.
In March this year, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and State Prosecutor Amit Aisman authorized a police probe of politicians who joined the riot.
Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen took part in the demonstration but is not known to have broken into the compound with his fellow lawmakers.
The Times of Israel Community.