IDF launches pinpointed operation on hospital with Arabic-speaking medics

Senior IDF officer dismissed after entering Gaza, defying orders

The combat officer (whose name is withheld) previously served as a fighter and commander in one of the special forces units of the IDF and also in the Givati Brigade. Prior to the war, he had been serving as the head of a branch at the IDF Ground Training National Center, where he was supposed to participate in preparing ground forces for combat in the Gaza Strip.