Troopers from the Nahal Brigade face repurcussions after refusing orders to return to struggle in Gaza resulting from “a deep, inner disaster.”
4 troopers from the 931st Battalion within the Nahal Brigade knowledgeable their commanders that they refuse to interact in any additional preventing within the Gaza Strip, Kan Information reported on Sunday.
The 4 troopers have been faraway from energetic service for refusing orders, and three have been tried in navy court docket, receiving sentences starting from 7 to 12 days. The fourth has not been tried but.
The troopers have all undergone a number of rounds of preventing in Gaza and have all misplaced buddies within the warfare. One of many 4 was injured on the Gaza border in 2024, and after restoration, returned to struggle voluntarily.
“This stuff can be deeply etched into their souls,” one among their moms advised Kan.
In keeping with Kan, the 4 introduced that their refusal to struggle got here out of a “deep, inner disaster,” not worry. Regardless of this, the group claimed they had been instantly imprisoned as an alternative of being provided therapy.
IDF Nahal Brigade troopers saluting at their finish of the mission ceremonie (credit score: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
“Three troopers from the Nahal Brigade refused to enter fight within the Gaza Strip,” the IDF responded to the incident.
“It needs to be famous that the troopers had been seen by a psychological well being officer (Kaban), who decided they had been match for fight. After a disciplinary course of, the troopers maintained their refusal and had been subsequently sentenced to imprisonment in a navy jail.”
“The matter was dealt with with sensitivity and in accordance with laws. The IDF views the refusal of an order very critically, particularly throughout wartime, and can proceed to uphold self-discipline,” the navy said.
Extra troopers’ refusal of orders
This isn’t the primary time that troopers have refused orders to renew preventing in Gaza, neither is it the primary time the IDF has seemingly disregarded its troopers’ psychological well being.
Earlier this month, a Kfir soldier serving in Gaza repeatedly requested to see a psychological well being officer however was refused, even after threatening to take his personal life a number of instances. Solely after his fellow troopers introduced the severity of the scenario to the eye of their battalion commander was he granted a go to.
In Might, extra troopers from Nahal had been sentenced to suspended jail sentences after requesting to serve in rear-line positions as a result of they had been “bored with the continual preventing,” in accordance with Walla.
Different troopers had been pushed by their anger, accusing the federal government of placing its want to struggle over the need of bringing the remaining hostages house. Final October, roughly 140 troopers signed a letter expressing their refusal to proceed to serve if the federal government didn’t advance a hostage deal.
Extra not too long ago, in Might 2025, Capt. (res.) Ron Feiner was sentenced to twenty days in navy jail after refusing to return to order obligation after virtually 300 days of service. Feiner cited ethical obligations associated to each the warfare and the federal government’s dealing with of hostage rescue efforts.
“I’m horrified by the unending warfare in Gaza, the abandonment of the hostages, and the continued deaths of harmless individuals,” Feiner mentioned in a press release following his sentencing. “I can not morally proceed to serve so long as this doesn’t change.”
