Prosecutors reopen an investigation into the spokesman of the left-wing Breaking the Silence group, Dean Issacharoff, who claimed earlier this year that he had beaten a Palestinian man in the West Bank city of Hebron during his IDF service, Hadashot TV news reports.
Police in Hebron have called in the Palestinian man for questioning regarding Issacharoff’s claim, the report says.
Last month, the State Attorney’s Office closed an investigation into Issacharoff after concluding that his confessed assault of a Palestinian man had never taken place. The Breaking the Silence spokesman doubled down on his claim days later.
Breaking the Silence, which publishes the testimonies of former Israeli soldiers who report on alleged human rights abuses by the IDF in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, has raised the ire of Israeli officials and drawn criticism from those who question the authenticity of its mostly anonymous testimonies.
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