Dozens of Israelis protest outside the Sde Teiman military base, where some of the Gazans arrested by the army during its military operations in Gaza are being held, in Be'er Sheva, Israel, on April 20, 2024. LUCIEN LUNG/RIVA PRESS FOR LE MONDE
The Israeli military said on Thursday, March 12, it had dropped charges against five soldiers accused of abusing a Palestinian detainee at the high-security Sde Teiman prison, a case that had sparked widespread outrage. "In light of significant developments since the filing of the indictment in the Sde Teiman case, the Military Advocate General decided today to order the cancellation of the indictment against the five defendants," the military said.
In February 2025, the military announced that five reservists had been charged over the alleged abuse of a Palestinian detainee in July 2024 at the Sde Teiman detention center near the Gaza Strip. At the time, the army said the soldiers were accused of "acting against the detainee with severe violence, including stabbing the detainee's buttocks with a sharp object, which had penetrated near the detainee's rectum".
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