Middle East conflict live updates: Israeli leaders criticize potential U.S. sanctions on IDF unit
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed alarm that the United States was considering imposing sanctions on an Israel Defense Forces unit, describing it as the “height of absurdity” at a time when his troops were fighting against Hamas in Gaza. He was responding to a report by Axios that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to announce sanctions against Netzah Yehuda, an ultra-Orthodox military unit accused of human rights violations in the occupied West Bank. Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz told Blinken in a call that the move would “harm Israel’s international legitimacy.”
