B’Tselem report accuses IDF of routinely abusing Palestinians in Hebron

3 December 2024, 5:54 pm

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B’Tselem publishes a report asserting that Israeli forces routinely abuse Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron.

Presenting over 20 accounts from people who say they suffered abuse between May and August this year, the left-wing rights group argues that “the wave of violence unleashed on Palestinians this past year has changed norms of conduct in the military,” in the shadow of the war against Hamas in Gaza.

It adds: “Victims describe being randomly seized by soldiers, mostly as they were walking down the streets of the city, going about their daily affairs. They were beaten and subjected to severe abuse by soldiers, sometimes in the street, and at other times inside military outposts where they were taken.”