Israeli Soldiers Accused of Rape and Torture of Palestinians

The accusations of abuses by the Israel Defense Forces against Palestinian detainees in Sde Teiman are growing more gruesome. Last month: dozens of deaths. This week: gang rape.

Far-right Israelis and relatives of the soldiers gather in front of the military court building and stage a protest against the arrest of nine soldiers accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee at Sde Teiman Prison in the Negev desert, in Netanya, Israel, on July 30, 2024. (Mostafa Alkharouf / Anadolu via Getty Images)


A host of shocking reports on Monday revealed that Israeli soldiers in the Sde Teiman detention facility are accused of raping a Palestinian detainee. The allegation comes after Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported in June that at least thirty-six Palestinian captives from Gaza may have been tortured to death by Israeli soldiers at the same facility.

Haaretz reports that nine IDF soldiers have been detained by the police for gang raping the Gazan detainee so severely that he had to be hospitalized. The victim arrived at the hospital with gruesome injuries, including “a serious wound in his rectum area.” Israeli media outlets report that the victim has lost his ability to walk.

Footage shows Israeli military police breaking into Sde Teiman to arrest the gang rapists, where they clashed with the soldiers, who reportedly barricaded themselves into the facility and used pepper spray to defend themselves, before being ultimately taken into custody.

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