Overview
- The Israel Defense Forces said it has opened an Internal Inquiry Unit investigation and will not release details while it proceeds.
- Times of Israel reported that a guard at a detention facility photographed the detainee and sent the image to his family while falsely claiming he had been kidnapped.
- Israeli Army Radio reported the guard demanded payment from the family in exchange for the detainee’s release.
- The detainee was being held after allegedly trying to enter Israel from the West Bank, and the soldier was arrested for questioning, according to local reports.
- Israeli officials cite frequent illegal entries driven by economic strain, with a Knesset panel reporting about 6,000 attempts and 5,300 arrests in 2025 near the separation barrier built in 2002, which Palestinians denounce as a land grab.