Arrest of IDF reservists suspected of abuse prompts confrontation at notorious detention base and outcry from MPs
The Israeli military said on Monday the office of its advocate general ordered an inquiry “following suspected substantial abuse of a detainee” at the Sde Teiman facility which holds Palestinian detainees, including alleged members of Hamas’s elite Nukhba forces involved in the 7 October attack.
But the operation triggered an angry confrontation between the military police and IDF soldiers at Sde Teiman, captured on video by a reporter from Israel’s public broadcaster Kann News. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who has pledged “total victory” in Gaza, “strongly condemned” the attempted break-in at Sde Teiman, but made no comment on the allegations.
The IDF’s chief of staff, , defended the investigation, saying: “The incident of breaking into the Sde Teiman base is extremely serious and against the law … We are at war, and actions of this kind endanger the security of the country.” Detainees including children “reported being forced into cages and attacked by dogs”, they said, while others had lasting wounds from their beatings, including with metal bars.
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