Watan-Israeli media reported that a soldier who returned from combat in the Gaza Strip committed suicide after being detained by the military police.
Udi Ben David, the military correspondent for “Darom” Radio, stated, “After a statement from the military prosecutor indicated that over 70 soldiers were withdrawn from the sector during the war, one of the fighters arrested by the Israeli Army’s Criminal Investigations Unit and transferred to a military detention cell, received treatment like any prisoner and ultimately committed suicide.”
He added, “No other country in the world prides itself on stopping soldiers in the midst of war. In some cases, fighters were arrested without any evidence other than the testimony of terrorists—Palestinians only. We are talking about Nazis who slaughtered and raped us.”
Ben David argued that “this incident requires an investigation committee on its own, and this arrest will also prevent his comrades from continuing to fight.”
Ynet reported that the soldier’s suicide was unrelated to the investigation into his alleged killing of a Palestinian.
In this context, Minister of Heritage Amichai Eliyahu wrote on “X” that “one of the fighters arrested on suspicion of killing a terrorist ended his life,” blaming the military prosecutor’s office for the incident.
In a post, the minister wrote, “The suicide of the fighter arrested on suspicion of killing a terrorist from Nohava is shocking and requires a thorough investigation. The prosecutor’s office that persecutes our heroic soldiers is not the state’s prosecutor’s office but the enemy’s lawyer’s office.”
After discovering that the news was false, Minister Eliyahu deleted the post.
His spokesperson said the minister posted the statement following a media report about the soldier’s suicide, and once he learned that the suicide was unrelated to the investigation, he removed it.