From 5 IDF reservists indicted over abuse of Palestinian prisoner at Sde Teiman military detention facility
Jeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter
Five IDF reserve soldiers serving in the “Force 100” prison riot control unit of the Military Police are indicted on charges of causing severe injury and assault under aggravated circumstances for their role in the abuse of a Palestinian security prisoner at the Sde Teiman military detention facility.
According to the indictment filed by the Military Advocate General’s Office, the five soldiers severely beat and assaulted the prisoner after he was taken to Sde Teiman on July 5, 2024.
After conducting a search of the prisoner, the five soldiers, assisted by several other members of the riot control unit, beat him while he was blindfolded and his hands and feet were shackled.
“For 15 minutes, the accused kicked the detainee, stomped on him, stood on his body, hit him and pushed him all over his body, including with clubs, dragged his body along the ground, and used a taser gun on him, including on his head,” the indictment alleges.
During this assault, one of the soldiers “stabbed the detainee in his buttock with a sharp object” close to his anus which caused a tear in his rectal wall.
After an hour the detention facility officials noticed that he was bleeding heavily and he was taken to hospital.
The detainee suffered multiple traumatic wounds as a result of the beating, including seven broken ribs, a punctured lung, a tear in his rectum and injuries all over his body.
He required surgery to his large intestine and a stoma was fitted as a result of the intestinal injury, which was removed three months later.
The arrest of the suspects in 2024 at the Sde Teiman base caused outrage among coalition politicians and government ministers, some of whom entered the base in an effort to thwart the arrests.
