Israeli media reported that a soldier returning from combat in the Gaza Strip committed suicide after being detained by military police. Odi Ben David, a military correspondent for Radio "Darom", stated, "Following the announcement by the military prosecutor indicating that more than 70 soldiers were withdrawn from the sector during the war, one of the fighters who was detained by the army's criminal investigation unit and transferred to a military detention cell receives treatment like any prisoner and ultimately commits suicide." He added, "There is no other country in the world that prides itself on prosecuting soldiers in the midst of war. In some cases, fighters were arrested without any evidence except the testimony of terrorists—only Palestinians. We are talking about Nazis who slaughtered and raped us." He noted that "this incident calls for an investigation committee in itself, and this detention will also prevent his friends from continuing to fight."
Ynet reported that the soldier's suicide is unrelated to the investigation concerning his alleged killing of a Palestinian. In this context, Minister of Heritage Amihai Eliyahu wrote on the "X" platform that "one of the fighters who was detained on suspicion of killing a terrorist has ended his life," placing blame on the prosecutor's office. In the minister's post, he stated, "The suicide of the fighter who was detained on suspicion of killing a terrorist from Nuhafa is shocking and requires a thorough investigation. The prosecutor's office, which persecutes our heroic soldiers, is not the state's prosecutor's office but rather the enemy's attorney's office." After it became clear that this news was false, Minister Eliyahu deleted the post. His spokesperson stated that the minister published the post following an article in the media about the soldier's suicide, and after realizing that the suicide had no connection to the investigation, he deleted it.
