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IDF says unaware of incident in which soldiers allegedly used Palestinian boy to get to father
Stav Levaton is a military reporter for The Times of Israel
In response to allegations that soldiers used a 12-year-old Palestinian boy to pressure his wanted father into surrendering, the IDF says it is unaware of the incident and does not have enough evidence to confirm or deny the report.
The accusations, shared earlier this week by a relative of the boy on X, described troops raiding the al-Deek family home in Kafr ad-Dik during a predawn operation and allegedly blindfolding and photographing the child, then sending the images to his father via WhatsApp to pressure him to turn himself in.
Speaking to The Times of Israel, a local Palestinian resident has backed up the claim that forces blindfolded the boy and sent photos to his father.
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