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IDF Calls Qabatiya Abandonment a Severe Failure, Issues Detention Sentences

Disciplinary steps focus on junior leaders, with divisional review pending.

Overview

  • A special-unit soldier was left alone for about 40 minutes during an operation in Qabatiya near Jenin before linking up with another IDF force and was unharmed.
  • The internal probe determined a mistaken accountability report following a loss of contact led to the abandonment, which investigators deemed a severe failure.
  • The team leader, squad leader, and two soldiers were tried and sentenced to detention following the findings.
  • The company commander will meet the 98th Division commander for a command-level review, and the case was presented to the 98th Division and the Judea and Samaria Division.
  • Israeli media reported the soldier fell asleep and suggested he served in Maglan, details the IDF has not officially confirmed.