(MENAFN) According to local media, two former Israeli soldiers filed a defamation lawsuit against a colleague for revealing crimes all three committed during the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip in 2014.
Channel 7 said the soldiers sued their former colleague Yaron Zeev for telling the NGO Breaking the Silence about the crimes and are demanding compensation of 2.6 million shekels ($790,000).
The two blame Zeev of giving “false testimony” to the group.
Breaking the Silence is an Israeli NGO established by veteran Israeli soldiers that gives former soldiers a platform to confidentially recount their experiences in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The lawsuit says Zeev’s testimony was used by "international investigators and included serious reports against the [Israeli] army distributed at the United Nations and in dozens of countries around the world.”
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