The incident unfolded at a military base in the occupied West Bank, where the troops had kept the animal as a companion without realizing its lethal condition.
The Hebrew daily Ma'ariv reported the scandal on Sunday, highlighting the regime's shocking lapse in basic hygiene protocols amid its brutal occupation.
The rabid puppy, hours after displaying violent convulsions, was euthanized, forcing the exposed soldiers into a grueling course of post-exposure prophylaxis to avert a fatal outcome.
In the wake of this embarrassing fiasco, the Israeli army has launched a sweeping probe into how the contaminated stray infiltrated the base and exposed the regime's forces to such a preventable peril.
Hebrew sources reveal the investigation zeroes in on potential lapses in animal control measures, with fears mounting over the spread of similar rabies carriers in the volatile region.
This outbreak underscores deeper vulnerabilities in the regime's operational security, as stray animals roam freely in the occupied territories it has ravaged for decades.
Critics slam the regime's aggressive culling of thousands of stray dogs annually in the West Bank—over 2,000 in 2022 alone—framed as rabies prevention but widely seen as a pretext to terrorize Palestinian communities and clear land for illegal settlements.
On X, the story has ignited outrage, with users mocking the irony of the regime's "invincible" soldiers felled by a mere puppy while they unleash horror on defenseless Palestinians.
Posts highlight the deadly disease's grim symptoms—fever, hydrophobia, and coma—now haunting the brigade as a karmic backlash to the occupation's savagery.
The regime's history with rabies is marred by rare human cases, including a 1996 soldier's death from a bite by an unidentified rodent, despite aggressive prevention campaigns.
In a related development, the Israeli military's Oketz canine unit—infamous for deploying attack dogs against Palestinian civilians, including children—faces scrutiny over its own animal welfare standards in this ironic twist.
Human rights monitors have documented over 146 such brutal dog assaults since October 2023, often exported from European breeders like Dutch firm Four Winds K9, complicit in the regime's colonial violence.
As the investigation drags on, whispers in Hebrew media suggest broader fears of an rabies epidemic spilling from the regime's war-torn frontiers, potentially claiming more lives in its self-inflicted chaos.