Israel Police officers on Monday arrested an IDF reserve officer for allegedly forging military credentials identity cards for six Palestinian Arabs.

The forged cards allowed the Arabs to stay in Israel illegally for years under the guise of working in various positions for the army. The positions, such as recruitment officials for Bedouins to the IDF, did not exist.

The Arabs, who are all members of the same family from Tulkarm, were detained for questioning.

Over the past few months, the police, in cooperation with the military police, carried out an investigation, which began as a covert investigation, against the IDF officer.

The investigation is still ongoing.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)