LONDON: Israeli journalist Guy Peleg has faced sustained threats and harassment following his broadcast of leaked footage in 2024 that purportedly shows the sexual abuse of a Palestinian prisoner at the Sde Teiman detention center.
After airing the video — obtained from the Military Advocate General Corps — Peleg has been targeted by right-wing activists, politicians and media figures. Israeli Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu suggested on social media that Peleg should be jailed for distributing the footage.
Broadcast in August 2024 on an Israeli news channel, the footage showed reserve soldiers at the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel taking aside a detainee, then surrounding him with riot shields to block visibility while he was allegedly beaten and stabbed in the rectum with a sharp object.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the video as “cooked up” and “edited,” claiming it inflicted “unspeakable damage to the State of Israel and the Israel Defense Forces.”
The controversy has triggered a fierce debate over military accountability, culminating in the resignation of the military advocate general, Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi.
