What is the Israeli Netzah Yehuda battalion accused of?

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What is the Israeli Netzah Yehuda battalion accused of?

By Andrew Macaskill
April 22, 2024 4:44 AM EDT Updated 3 hours ago

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WHAT IS THE NETZAH YEHUDA BATTALION?

The Netzah Yehuda battalion was set up in 1999 to accommodate the religious beliefs of ultra-Orthodox Jews and other religious nationalist recruits in the army.

The government created the battalion as a pathway for these groups to serve in the military by allowing them to maintain their religious practices, such as giving them time for prayers and study and limiting their interactions with women soldiers.

WHAT IS THE UNIT ACCUSED OF?

The United States called for a criminal investigation after Netzah Yehuda soldiers were accused of being involved in the death of a 78-year-old Palestinian-American, Omar Assad, who died of a heart attack in 2022 after he was detained and was later found abandoned at a building site.

A Palestinian autopsy found Assad died from a stress-induced heart attack brought on by being manhandled.

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