A reservist who refused a summons to serve in Yehudah and Shomron was sentenced to five days in military prison, Kan News reported on Monday.

Reserve soldier Daniel Yahalom, 32, from Haifa, currently a master’s student at Hebrew University, announced to his commanders that he “refuses to serve the occupation in the occupied West Bank and the ongoing war in Gaza.”

During his trial, Yahalom said: “I refuse because I am no longer willing to take part in the IDF’s activity in Yehuda and Shomron, and because I see the current campaign in Gaza as clearly illegal. Therefore, I have a moral obligation to refuse.”

About six months ago, a reservist was sentenced to two weeks’ suspended imprisonment for refusing to serve for similar reasons but Yahalom is the first reservist to sit in prison for refusal since the war in Gaza began.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)