Israel has lashed out at plans by the US to impose assist restrictions on an ultra-Orthodox Israeli army unit referred to as the Netzah Yehuda battalion for alleged human rights abuses within the occupied West Financial institution.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned over the weekend that such a transfer could be the “top of absurdity and an ethical low,” at a time when his troops are battling Hamas in Gaza. Netanyahu vowed to “act by all means” to withstand such a choice.
His response follows feedback from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday that he had made “determinations” about attainable army assist cuts to Israel over alleged human rights violations underneath laws referred to as the Leahy Legal guidelines.
No less than 34,151 individuals have been killed in Gaza because the conflict started, in keeping with the Gaza Well being Ministry. Israel estimates that about 1,200 individuals had been killed in Hamas’s Oct. 7 assault and says 260 troopers have been killed since its army operation in Gaza started.
Right here’s what to know in regards to the Netzah Yehuda battalion.
