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Monday, July 29, 2024
Legal aid group says reservists accused of abusing detainee were attacked first
The right-wing Honenu legal aid organization, which represents four of the reservist soldiers arrested today for allegedly abusing a Palestinian detainee, claims their clients acted in self-defense in the incident that left the prisoner hospitalized.
The group says in a statement that the detainee attacked and bit the soldiers while he was being transferred from Ofer Prison to the Sde Teiman detention facility nearly a month ago, adding that one of the reservists was injured in the incident.