25 November 2024

“If there are no genuine investigations or prosecutions, then the court has to investigate and prosecute where the legal conditions are met,” the ICC stated.

The soldiers are carefully selected through rigorous screening for commander training courses, with the best advancing to officer courses.

The decision follows a recommendation from the Population and Immigration Authority, and Basilio will receive his status at the Population Administration office in Tel Aviv on Monday.

The two were "accused of deliberately creating a direct channel that bypasses the military system," the statement read.