IDF launches probe into alleged assault of troops during arrest of reservists accused of abusing Palestinian

The IDF Military Police has launched an investigation into the alleged assault of its members during the arrest of reservists accused of abusing a Palestinian detainee at a detention facility in July.

The Haaretz daily says members of Force 100 — a Military Police reserve unit tasked with guarding terror suspects at the Sde Teiman base — “violently attacked” Military Police officers who came to detain 10 of them on July 29.

The newspaper says the soldiers who came to arrest the suspects were attacked by members of Force 100 with pepper spray, and some were threatened at gunpoint to release the detainees.

The IDF confirms the report, saying that the Military Police’s Investigatory Unit has launched an investigation. “The IDF views any incident of violence gravely,” the military adds.