Military prosecutors on Wednesday charged former military driving school commander Lt. Col. Dan Sharoni with 79 counts of indecency and conduct unbecoming an officer for allegedly filming and photographing dozens of his female subordinates without their knowledge.
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Sharoni, who was dismissed shortly after the case came to light, is believed to have collected sexual images of soldiers, as well as some civilians, between 2013 and 2021, while serving in three different units.
The disgraced officer, who was arrested on Nov. 9 and has been denied bail, faces 43 counts of privacy violation, 30 counts of indecency, one count of attempted indecency, three counts of hacking, one count of obstructing a Military Police officer, and one count of conduct unbecoming an officer.
Sharoni is accused of using hidden cameras, which he concealed in a variety of everyday objects, such as phone chargers, to film soldiers under his command.
According to the indictment, he planted cameras in soldiers' barracks and showers. He would also use his rank to take soldiers' phones in order to look through them to see if they had nude or intimate photos on them and then copy them to his own device, the prosecution claims.
The indictment also alleges that the officer would enter some of his victims' quarters while they slept and masturbated while filming them.
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In the course of the investigation, Military Police officers found that the officer was in possession of hundreds of photographs and videos of soldiers and civilians, fully or partially naked. In the majority of the cases, the victims were soldiers and officers with whom Sharoni came in daily contact.
"The IDF sees the officer's actions with the utmost severity, as with any violation of a sexual nature, and will continue to act to eliminate this phenomenon from its ranks," the military said in a statement.
