Senior officer to face disciplinary hearing over theft of documents

The military advocate general will hold a disciplinary hearing for Col. Avi Blot, the head of the IDF’s Commando Brigade, after a number of military documents were stolen from the commander’s vehicle earlier this month, the army says.

However, Blot will not face criminal charges as the theft was not intended by him, the military says.

On June 14, Blot parked his car during a field trip with other senior officers, leaving behind his bag. The officer remembered to take his pistol and a military cellphone from the bag, but forgot that it also held a number of sensitive documents, the army investigation found.

No significant classified information was determined to have been in the papers.

“Since the officer did not deliberately leave the documents in his car, and in light of the contents of the documents that were stolen, the MAG decided that the incident will be dealt with in a disciplinary hearing before the head of the Central Command, Maj. Gen. Nadav Padan,” the army says.

— Judah Ari Gross