Military court rejects appeal of five soldiers accused of raping Palestinian prisoner

A military court has rejected the appeal of five soldiers accused of raping a Palestinian security prisoner, ordering that they remain behind bars.

Dozens of far-right activists stage a protest outside the home of the IDF’s top lawyer, Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who is heading the military prosecution of the suspects. Some of the participants are likening her to members of Hamas’s Nukhba force who carried out the October 7 onslaught.

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