Legal aid group: Terror suspect tried to grab taser from one of the accused soldiers

The hard-right Honenu legal aid organization, which is representing three of the nine IDF soldiers accused of abusing and sexually assaulting a Palestinian terror suspect at the Sde Teiman detention facility, says that during a search of the prisoner he tried to grab one of their taser guns, mildly injuring one of the soldiers.

“The incident began when the terrorist, a Hamas company commander in Jabaliya in the Gaza Strip, tried to seize a taser gun from one of the soldiers, and only due to the determination of the soldiers did they succeed in overpowering the terrorist,” Honenu claims.

Honenu’s statement does not address how this incident could have resulted in the reported severe injuries sustained by the suspect to his rectum, for which the soldiers are being held on suspicion of rape and assault.

Yesterday, Honenu said that the terror suspect had been transferred from Ofer Prison to Sde Teiman and that the Force 100 unit of the IDF military police was involved in the operation, during which the soldiers conducted the search.

“During the search, the terrorist resisted and began to attack and bite the soldiers, and as has been said, tried to grab one of their taser guns,” Honenu claims.

A hearing for the extension of the detention of the nine soldiers currently being held in military prison over the incident is set for 3:30 p.m.