The move is in response to accusations that the unit committed human rights violations in the West Bank.
Israel leaders have criticised an expected decision from the United States to impose sanctions on a unit an IDF unitThe decision would mark the first time the US has ever imposed sanctions on an IDF unit.
While US officials declined to identify the sanctioned unit, Israeli leaders and local media identified it as Netzah Yehuda — an infantry battalion founded roughly a quarter of a century ago to incorporate ultra-Orthodox men into the military.Israeli leaders condemned the decision as unfair, especially at a time when Israel is at war, and vowed to oppose it.
A military investigation said that Israeli soldiers assumed that Mr Assad was asleep when they cut off the cables binding his hands. Human rights groups long have argued that Israel rarely holds soldiers accountable for the deaths of Palestinians. "The battalion is professionally and bravely conducting operations in accordance to the IDF Code of Ethics and with full commitment to international law," it said.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that he had made a decision on reviews of allegations that several Israeli military units had violated conditions for receiving US assistance outlined in the so-called Leahy Law and that they would soon be made public.
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