{"id":242503,"date":"2025-02-19T18:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T18:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/israeli-military-prosecutor-charges-five-soldiers-in-abuse-of-palestinian-detainee\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T18:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T18:57:10","slug":"israeli-military-prosecutor-charges-five-soldiers-in-abuse-of-palestinian-detainee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/israeli-military-prosecutor-charges-five-soldiers-in-abuse-of-palestinian-detainee\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Military Prosecutor Charges Five Soldiers in Abuse of Palestinian Detainee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/multimedia\/19israel-prison-whjc\/19israel-prison-whjc-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Israeli Military Prosecutor Charges Five Soldiers in Abuse of Palestinian Detainee\" title=\"Israeli Military Prosecutor Charges Five Soldiers in Abuse of Palestinian Detainee\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">An Israeli military prosecutor charged five reservist soldiers on Wednesday with abuse of a Palestinian detainee, saying it took place last year at a military base where thousands of Gazans have been held. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The indictment accused soldiers at the Sde Teiman base in southern Israel of breaking the detainee\u2019s ribs, puncturing his left lung and tearing his rectum. The detainee was identified only by his initials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Avi Amiram and Lior Porat, lawyers representing one of the soldiers, said they have presented arguments that deny the charges against the reservists. Honenu, a right-wing legal organization representing two of the soldiers, criticized the charges and claimed the detainee was a militant in an elite unit in the northern Gaza Strip. The New York Times could not independently verify Honenu\u2019s allegation about the detainee. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The indictment contains some of the most serious allegations of mistreatment at Sde Teiman since the Israeli military launched its offensive in Gaza in the aftermath of the Hamas-led October 2023 attack on Israel. The case against the soldiers has also revealed divisions in Israel about the extent to which soldiers should be held accountable for abusing Palestinian detainees accused of involvement in terrorist activity. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On the evening of July 5, 2024, soldiers beat the detainee while he screamed in pain, according to the indictment, which said his hands and legs were bound and his eyes blindfolded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cFor about 15 minutes, the defendants hit the detainee, stomped on him, and stood on his body,\u201d the document said. \u201cThey struck him all over his body.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Soldiers also used a Taser against him, including on his head, the prosecutor\u2019s account said. At one point, one of the soldiers stabbed him with a \u201csharp object,\u201d causing a tear in his rectal wall, it added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Hours later, medics rushed the detainee to a health clinic at the base, where a doctor ordered him transferred to a hospital, according to the indictment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Israeli military said that it was committed to the rule of law and that investigators had collected \u201cextensive\u201d evidence to support the charges, including medical documentation and security camera footage. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a statement, Mr. Amiram and Mr. Porat said they were certain that the charges against the soldiers would be dropped \u201cwhen the facts are clarified in proceedings.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The two charges made against the soldiers include jointly causing severe injury under aggravated circumstances and jointly abusing the detainee under aggravated circumstances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Tal Steiner, the executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, a human rights group, said the charges against the reservists were serious. She said while it was still too early to understand what kind of penalty they could face, Israeli military courts have acted <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yesh-din.org\/en\/data-sheet-law-enforcement-against-israeli-soldiers-suspected-of-harming-palestinians-and-their-property-figures-for-2018-2022\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">relatively leniently<\/a> in past cases in which Israeli soldiers were accused of using excessive force against Palestinians. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In 2017, Elor Azaria, a sergeant before he was demoted, was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/01\/04\/world\/middleeast\/elor-azaria-verdict-israel.html\" title=\"\">convicted of manslaughter<\/a> and sentenced to 18 months in prison for killing Abdel Fattah al-Sharif, a Palestinian man in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. When Mr. Azaria shot Mr. al-Sharif dead, Mr. al-Sharif was already lying on the ground wounded; Mr. al-Sharif had been shot after stabbing another Israeli soldier. Mr. Azaria served nine months in prison and was later granted parole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The case against the soldiers at Sde Teiman led to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/31\/world\/middleeast\/israel-army-bases-riots.html\" title=\"\">unrest last July<\/a>, after videos surfaced of Israeli military police raiding the base to detain soldiers on suspicion of abusing the Palestinian. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dozens of protesters gathered outside the base in solidarity with the soldiers, including at least three far-right lawmakers from Prime Minister Benjamin Neteanyahu\u2019s ruling coalition. Hundreds later massed outside Beit Lid, a second base in which the soldiers had been brought for interrogation. Dozens surged inside both bases, brushing aside the guards at the gates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At the time, Israeli military officials emphasized that no one was above the law, while right-wing protesters argued soldiers shouldn\u2019t be punished for mistreating Palestinians accused of partaking in terrorist activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many Palestinians, who have been held at Sde Teiman, have accused Israeli soldiers of carrying out grave acts of abuse against them. An <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/06\/world\/middleeast\/israel-gaza-detention-base.html\" title=\"\">investigation by The New York Times<\/a> published last June found that by late May, roughly 4,000 Gazan detainees had spent up to three months in limbo at Sde Teiman. At least 1,200 people had been found to be civilians and returned to Gaza, without charge, apology or compensation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The investigation found that those 1,200 Palestinian civilians had been held at Sde Teiman in demeaning conditions without the ability to plead their cases to a judge for up to 75 days. Eight former detainees, all of whom the military confirmed were held at the site and who spoke on the record, variously said they had been punched, kicked and beaten with batons, rifle butts and a hand-held metal detector while in custody. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Back then, the Israeli military denied that \u201csystematic abuse\u201d had taken place at Sde Teiman. When presented with individual allegations of abuse, the military said the claims were \u201cevidently inaccurate or completely unfounded,\u201d and might have been invented under pressure from Hamas. It did not give further details.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Gabby Sobelman<!-- --> contributed reporting to this article.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/19\/world\/middleeast\/israeli-soldiers-charged-abuse-palestinian-detainee.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Israeli military prosecutor charged five reservist soldiers on Wednesday with abuse of a Palestinian detainee, saying it took place last year at a military base where thousands of Gazans have been held. 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