Dozens of Israeli soldiers leave Sde Teiman base after dispute with commanders: Report

Dozens of Israeli soldiers left the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel on Thursday following a dispute with senior commanders, the Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post reported, Anadolu reports. The soldiers are members of the Sabar Battalion of the Givati Brigade, according to the report. “According to sources in the Givati Brigade, the command staff decided to remove and destroy symbols displayed by the battalion’s companies,” the newspaper said. It said the battalion commander insisted on carrying out the decision despite opposition from the soldiers. “One of the commanders used a five-kilogram sledgehammer to destroy one of the symbols,” a soldier serving in the unit told Israeli news website Walla. READ: Israeli army suicides rise again as two female soldiers die, bringing […]