Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared a video on Sunday with Christian troopers serving within the IDF, amid controversy relating to the IDF’s operations in Christian villages in southern Lebanon.
“I am right here within the Prime Minister’s Workplace with a rare group of younger women and men. These are Christian troopers, women and men, within the Israeli Protection Forces. They fill all of the vital positions in our unbelievable army, they usually do unbelievable work,” Netanyahu mentioned throughout the video.
“That is utterly opposite to what’s introduced outdoors. It isn’t solely that Israel fights for the rights of Christians across the Center East, however that Israel has Christian troopers who battle for the protection of Israel and for our Christian brethren all through the world, all through the area, and past,” he added.
He additionally defined how he was “impressed by the non-public tales, their dedication, their sacrifice, their achievements,” and identified that Israel is the one nation within the Center East the place the Christian neighborhood is flourishing, rising, and increasing.
Netanyahu’s statements come after a number of situations of IDF troopers concentrating on infrastructure belonging to Christians in southern Lebanon, with essentially the most well-known incident being the desecration of a statue of Jesus within the village of Debel.
The army mentioned that, after investigating the incident, the division commander eliminated the soldier who destroyed the Christian non secular image and the soldier who photographed it from fight and sentenced them to 30 days in jail.
The IDF additionally said that six further troopers who have been current throughout the incident have been summoned for investigatory talks to be held later, after which a call will probably be made on additional dealing with of the command delegations.
In a separate incident, the IDF launched an investigation right into a video during which Israeli troopers have been seen destroying photo voltaic panels in a village in Lebanon, based on Israeli media experiences from Saturday night time.
The incident, which additionally occurred in Debel, focused civilian infrastructure, being utilized by a whole bunch of residents of the village who had not been evacuated from their properties, with the IDF’s permission, based on KAN.
Tzvi Jasper contributed to this report.
