Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel's military correspondent. Israeli soldiers wearing protective face masks walk on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem on June 23, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90) The military ombudsman released his annual report of soldiers’ complaints on Wednesday, detailing the troops’ claims of abuse, negligence and incompetence by commanders toward their subordinates in 2020, including many cases related to the Israel Defense Forces’ response to the coronavirus pandemic. According to his office, acting ombudsman Brig. Gen. (res.) Eitan Dahan, known formally as the chief complaints officers in the Defense Ministry, received 5,706 complaints from troops or their parents over the course of 2020, a slight decrease from the previous year, when over 6,000 were submitted. Dahan’s office reviewed each of the cases, finding that the majority of the complaints — 61 percent — were legitimate, while the rest were found to be false or trivial.