Israeli soldiers of the Netzah Yehuda Haredi infantry battalion hold their weapons during their swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem on May 26, 2013,
Israeli soldiers of the Netzah Yehuda Haredi infantry battalion hold their weapons during their swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem on May 26, 2013.
  • The US is set to sanction an IDF unit following reported human rights abuses, Axios reports.
  • The Netzah Yehuda battalion was implicated in the death of an 80-year-old US citizen in 2022.
  • Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decried the US decision, calling it  "a moral low."

The US is poised to sanction a controversial battalion in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for reported human rights abuses, Axios reported.