Dozens of Givati Brigade soldiers walked off base after their commander took down what he said were 'signs depicting Satan and the Angel of Death' which he said glorified hazing of younger troops, while soldiers said some of them commemorated soldiers killed in Lebanon

"One of the commanders used a five-kilogram sledgehammer to destroy one of the symbols," one soldier serving in the unit told Walla.

Givati's Tzabar Battalion troops leave Sde Teiman base without authorization after their commander removed signs linked to an irregular ‘veteran-junior’ tradition; the IDF said…