Israeli media report on suicide of IOF lieutenant

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Israeli news website "Israel" Hayom revealed Friday that an IOF lieutenant "who served in the same unit as the intelligence officer who died while in a military detention center in 2021 died three weeks ago by falling off a building in an apparent suicide."

The website said that a preliminary investigation suggested that the lieutenant committed suicide "due to personal distress, although a connection with the death of Capt. T last year has not been ruled out."

"T, who was arrested in September 2020 and was awaiting trial, was hospitalized in critical condition on the night between May 16-17, but doctors were unable to save him," the website added. 

In a statement, the IOF claimed that Capt. T "knowingly carried out a series of actions that severely compromised state security. It appeared that he acted independently, for personal rather than ideological or financial motives."

According to the website, "the officer's suicide is the fourth to occur within the same unit this month alone, a staggering number, especially compared to 2021, when 11 soldiers took their life over the span of 12 months, or 2020, when nine suicides were reported."

However, "Israel" Hayom claimed that the number of suicides by IOF soldiers has decreased in recent years.

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