The victim of a theft within the IDF was revealed Sunday night to be none other than the Chief of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi. The incident has caused embarrassment among top IDF brass, as it reveals major problems in the security provided to Ashkenazi and the General Staff.
The suspect in the theft is a young soldier who served as a guard in the Kirya base in Tel Aviv. Unknown to his superiors, the soldier, who had immigrated to Israel four years earlier, had become involved in the criminal underworld and had fallen in debt to a group of Arab Israeli gangsters.
The suspect in the theft is a young soldier who served as a guard in the Kirya base in Tel Aviv. Unknown to his superiors, the soldier, who had immigrated to Israel four years earlier, had become involved in the criminal underworld and had fallen in debt to a group of Arab Israeli gangsters.
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