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Israeli Army Probes 27 Cases of Looting by its Soldiers in Gaza, Lebanon

CrossFireArabia
August 31, 2026

Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot revealed, Monday, the Israeli army closed 25 out of 27 investigations it opened into looting committed by its soldiers in the Gaza war and the war on Lebanon.

“At the end of April, Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir addressed the phenomenon of looting in the Israeli army,” the newspaper reported.

“If it exists, it is shameful and could tarnish the reputation of the entire Israeli army. If such incidents occur, we will investigate them,” it quoted him as saying at the time.

“He also instructed battalion commanders to submit a detailed report on the situation of their units in this regard within a week. If evidence of looting crimes is found, they will be referred to the Military Police for criminal investigation,” Yediot Aharonot stated.

“However, no data has been published about the Military Police investigations that were opened,” it noted.

The newspaper stated that, at its request, “the Movement for Freedom of Information submitted a request for data on the Military Police investigations opened regarding the looting incidents in Lebanon and Gaza, and this data is now being disclosed.”

“According to the Israeli army’s response, the Military Police opened 25 investigations in the Gaza Strip between 2023 and mid-2026, on suspicion of looting,” the newspaper noted.

“These included three investigations in 2023, 19 in 2024, two in 2025, and one by mid-2026,” it added. “Of these investigations, two indictments were filed—both in 2025—which ended in plea bargains.

“In one case, the defendant was convicted of looting, and in the other, the charge was amended, and he was convicted of theft,” the paper explained.

Regarding Lebanon, daily stated: “As for the northern front, where the IDF ground operations did not begin until the end of 2024, only two investigations were opened into suspected looting crimes in Lebanese territory—one in 2024 and another in 2025—but no indictments were filed.”

“In fact, the data shows a significant gap between the number of investigations and actual indictments. Of the 27 investigations conducted by the Military Police into looting cases on both fronts combined, only two (approximately 7 percent) resulted in charges,” the newspaper added. Anadolu

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‘Lebanon is The Graveyard of Israeli Prime Ministers’ – Gabi Eisenkot

CrossFireArabia
June 26, 2026

Lebanon has been the graveyard for Israeli prime ministers, from Menachem Begin to Ehud Olmert and now Benjamin Netanyahu according to ex-chief-of-staff Gabi Eisenkot and Netanyahu’s rival in the upcoming elections.

In a Yediot Aharonot article, Eisenkot wrote: “Netanyahu’s attempt to cover up the 7th October debacle by claiming military achievements, has collapsed; he is prepared to do anything, even sacrifice a kidney, to ensure the formation of a political commission of inquiry to support him.”

“Lebanon has been a political graveyard for prime ministers, from Menachem Begin to Ehud Olmert, and now Netanyahu is mired in its own quagmire,” he emphasized.

“We hear Netanyahu is threatening to expel Haim Katz from the Likud party, while if he ran alone without the party, he wouldn’t win more than 10 seats. Even David Ben-Gurion, a far greater figure, failed in his experiment with the Rafi party,” Eisenkot added.

Gadi Eisenkot served as Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces between 2015 till 2019 and is known as the architect of the “Dahiya Doctrine,” which relies on the use of disproportionate force and the implementation of a policy of “collective punishment” against the civilian population supporting any armed movement targeting the State of Israel. The aim is to inflict damage that necessitates lengthy and costly reconstruction efforts.

In 2022, he entered politics, serving as a minister in the emergency government, where he emerged as one of the most prominent figures in the Israeli opposition. Quds Press.