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Several IDF troops suspended from combat after filmed beating Palestinian suspect in West Bank
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Several IDF soldiers have been suspended from combat duty after they were filmed beating a detained Palestinian suspect in the West Bank this week, the military says.
Footage posted by Palestinian media showed a group of soldiers hitting a Palestinian man who appears to be handcuffed, in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya on Thursday.
In response to a query by The Times of Israel, the IDF says that the troops had detained the man after he approached them “in a suspicious manner.”
“During his arrest, several soldiers struck the suspect in a manner that is not consistent with IDF values and what is expected of its soldiers,” the military says.
The IDF says that the incident is under investigation, “and the soldiers were immediately suspended from operational activity until the conclusion of the investigation.”
لحظة اعتداء قوات الاحتلال على شابين والتنكيل بهما في بلدة ترمسعيا، شمال شرق رام الله. pic.twitter.com/7cZV05NbfI
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