Netanyahu demands IDF probe into drill simulating settlers kidnapping Palestinians

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Soldiers wearing "enemy forces" vests are seen in a video from an IDF exercise that included a simulation of Israeli settlers kidnapping Palestinians. (Screenshot/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
Soldiers wearing "enemy forces" vests are seen in a video from an IDF exercise that included a simulation of Israeli settlers kidnapping Palestinians. (Screenshot/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

After right-wing ministers and local leaders express their anger over an IDF drill simulating a kidnapping attack carried out by Israeli settlers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu releases a statement demanding “answers and an IDF investigation” into the exercise.

“This fictitious scenario is disconnected from reality, inappropriate and does injustice to an entire and precious community of settlers at a time when many of them are fighting fiercely and even falling for the defense of Israel,” says Netanyahu. “I’m not willing to accept such heartlessness towards our brothers and sisters in Judea and Samaria.”

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