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Israeli soldiers are seen outside the Sde Teiman military base near Beersheba, southern Israel, July 30, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
August 4, 2026, 1:19 pm
IDF jails four additional soldiers over mass base walkout
Punishments, including removal from combat duty, come after 14 others were similarly sentenced; soldiers were protesting removal of infantry company’s decorative signs
By Emanuel Fabian
IDF soldiers seen leaving the Sde Teiman military base near Beersheba, southern Israel, July 30, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
July 31, 2026, 5:11 pm
14 Givati soldiers dismissed from combat duty, given 30-day sentence for leading desertion
About 100 soldiers had walked off base, left weapons in protest of commander; 80 or so who returned to be kept there this weekend, undergo training; two yet to be sentenced, one hasn’t returned
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli soldiers walking near the concrete wall in Moshav Shtula, along the Israeli border with Lebanon in northern Israel, April 27, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
May 3, 2026, 12:27 pm
Soldier seriously wounded during hazing ritual, 4 comrades indicted
IDF says abuse ‘unacceptable’ after violent initiation leaves combat soldier hospitalized with a punctured lung, in latest incident of extreme hazing
By Stav Levaton
Illustrative: Israeli Air Force soldiers pose in front of an Arrow air defense system battery, in a photo issued by the IDF on June 26, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 9, 2025, 1:33 pm
7 soldiers from Arrow unit detained for alleged abuse of junior troops
Around 10 new soldiers in air defense unit suspected of assaulting, including with acts of sodomy, in so-called ‘hazing’ rituals; several suspects said to claim it was ‘in jest’
By Emanuel Fabian
Soldiers from the Maglan reconnaissance unit take part in a training exercise in Cyprus in October 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 18, 2020, 12:20 pm
Officer jailed, sergeant booted for hazing recruits in elite commando unit
A lieutenant tied a soldier to a flagpole and poured water and tahini on another in the prestigious Maglan Unit, which has been criticized in the past for unsafe training practices
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative photo of IDF soldiers (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
From the WebJune 19, 2013, 3:10 am
IDF ombudsman submits annual report
Ynet News: Racist slurs, Facebook pranks and undue use of force among the 6,861 complaints received by the military
From the WebMay 17, 2013, 3:06 am
Soldiers, commanders recorded in hazing video dismissed
Ynet News: 5 booted out of elite combat unit following incident involving defecating on fellow soldier
Soldiers of the Kfir Brigade, suspected of abuse, are led to military court in Jaffa, August 5 (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
September 6, 2012, 2:01 pm
4 IDF soldiers punished for hazing
Victim tied to his bunk for refusing to pay colleague’s canteen bill
By Philip Podolsky
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