30 months in prison for reserve soldier who impersonated a military doctor for years

A military court sentenced a reserve soldier to 30 months in prison for impersonating a doctor for years and serving as the medic of a maneuvering company in Gaza, without having completed medical studies. The defendant performed prohibited surgical procedures in the field and prevented soldiers from leaving combat zones to receive proper medical care.

A military court sentenced a reserve soldier to 30 months in prison for impersonating a doctor for years and serving as the medic of a maneuvering company in Gaza for many months. The soldier, who never completed his medical studies, performed surgical procedures that are prohibited in the field, even if he had been qualified as a doctor. The sentencing noted that the defendant thwarted soldiers' requests to leave combat zones to receive proper medical care, endangering their health, physical integrity, or lives. It further stated that the potential for actual harm caused by the defendant was extremely significant, and it ended miraculously without the treated soldiers being injured. The court emphasized that the defendant betrayed the trust of the military system and the soldiers, and served for a long period as the sole medical provider during combat operations without any other medical alternative.