The Defense Ministry on Wednesday released the military comptroller's report for 2019, showing a disturbing increase in which the number of complaints by soldiers alleging racist or violent incidents involving commanding officers or their peers.
"Over the past year, the alarming trend of commanders using excessive force toward soldiers has intensified to the point of physical violence," the report said. "These are aggressive acts that have no place at all in Israeli society, and certainly not in the IDF."
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According to Channel 12 News, most racist incidents were directed toward Israeli Ethiopian soldiers.
Moreover, the report showed that 6,114 complaints were filed by soldiers in 2019 and more than half of them were deemed legitimate.
Thirty-one percent of complaints centered around commander-subordinate relations and 13% concerned medical issues. However, the overall amount of complaints has decreased, a general trend in recent years.
Commenting on the findings, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit said that the military "is committed to studying the findings, and will draw the necessary conclusions in order to address the problem."
This article was originally published by i24NEWS
