It would be the first time the U.S. imposed sanctions on an Israeli military unit.
Israeli soldiers of the battalion "Netzah Yehuda" take part in an annual training on May 19, 2014. Photo: Menahem KahanaAFP via Getty Imagesagainst the Israel Defense Forces "Netzah Yehuda" battalion for human rights violations in the occupied West Bank, three U.S. sources with knowledge of the issue told Axios.The sanctions will ban the battalion and its members from receiving any kind of U.S. military assistance or training, the sources said.
At a press conference in Italy on Friday, Blinken was asked about the recommendation and said he had made determinations based on the panel investigation.said Blinken's determination about the Netzah Yehuda unit is based on incidents that occurred before the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and all took place in the West Bank.
One source said the several other IDF and police units that were investigated won't be sanctioned after they remedied their behavior. The Netzah Yehuda battalion was formed as a special unit for ultra-orthodox soldiers. All of its members are men. Over the years, the unit stationed in the West Bank became a destination for many "Hilltop Youth" — young radical right wing settlers who weren't accepted into any other combat unit in the IDF.the Netzah Yehuda battalion in late 2022 after its soldiers were involved in several incidents of violence against Palestinian civilians, Haaretz reported at the time.late at night. After he refused to be checked, soldiers handcuffed and gagged him and left him on the ground in the cold.
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