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L'IDF ha dichiarato che due soldati trascorreranno diverse settimane in prigione militare a causa di un incidente che, secondo l'esercito, è stato considerato con estrema severità. Due soldati israeliani saranno detenuti per la profanazione di un oggetto cristiano, dopo che uno di loro ha infilato una sigaretta nella bocca di una statua della Vergine Maria nel sud del Libano e l'altro l'ha fotografata. La foto del soldato, con una sigaretta a penzoloni dalla propria bocca, è diventata virale scatenando una diffusa indignazione. È stato l'ultimo atto delle forze israeliane nel sud del Libano a essere denunciato come anticristiano. Continua a leggere...

Israel Defense Forces say the ‘soldiers’ conduct completely deviated from IDF orders and value’Two Israeli soldiers have been removed from combat duty and sentenced to 30 days in jail after one used a sledgehammer to smash a statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon, while the other filmed him, the Israel Defense Forces have said.An image circulating on social media on Monday showed an Israeli soldier using a sledgehammer to strike the head of a statue of a crucified Jesus that had fallen from its cross in a Christian village in southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel, prompting outrage across Christian communities worldwide. Continue reading...

IDF says sledgehammer photo circulating online is authentic and is being viewed with ‘great severity’The Israeli army has said it is investigating a soldier who was seen apparently striking a statue of Jesus with a sledgehammer in southern Lebanon.The Israel Defense Forces said they had determined that an image circulating on social media showing the incident was authentic. The image appears to show an Israeli soldier using a sledgehammer to strike the head of a statue of a crucified Jesus that had fallen off a cross. Continue reading...