An Israeli Military Court sentenced a soldier to seven months in prison after acknowledging the aggravated abuse of Palestinian detainees by Gaza at the Center for Military Detention of the SD Timan.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said the reservist he did not name was convicted of “several incidents in which he hit the detainees with his fists and used his weapon while they were handcuffed and tied with their eyes.”
“These acts were carried out in the presence of other soldiers, some of whom urged him to stop and were even documented on the defendant's mobile phone,” added.
The said Haaretz newspaper said He was the first soldier convicted of abuse of Gazani conducted during the war with Hamas.
He quoted the Beit Lid military court, saying that the soldier had recognized three charges of aggravated abuse and a census of disobedient behavior as part of the legal basis agreement with prosecutors.
They contacted four separate incidents between January and June 2024, when he guarded trucks transporting detainees, the announcement said.
According to Haaretz, the court has found an unspecified number of masked soldiers whose identities remain unknown have also participated in the abuse.
In addition to the prison, the convicted soldier received and suspended a sentence and was reduced to the rank of private, according to IDF.
“The soldiers have an obligation to use the power entrusted to them in accordance with the values and orders of the IDF, at any time and more special during the war,” IDF said.
The SDE Teiman detention facility was created after the Gaza War began 15 months ago. Since then, he has been at the center of reports of serious abuse.
In July, the far -right protesters stormed the SDE Teiman after Israeli military police went there to question nine reservists suspected of raping a detainee and causing a life -threatening injury. Subsequently, several of the reservists were arrested.
In October, a UN Investigation Report claims that thousands detained by children and adults of Gaza have been “subjected to broad and systematic violence, physical and psychological violence and violence based on sexual and gender in the amount of crime and crime in war and crime against humanity of torture and the military crime of rape and other forms of sexual abuse. “
The Israeli government said it had rejected the allegations of widespread abuse and torture of detainees and insisted that it was “fully engaged in international legal standards”. He also said she had carried out in -depth investigations for each complaint.
The Israeli military launched a campaign to destroy Hamas in response to an unprecedented cross -border attack on October 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people and 251 were taken hostage.
More than 47,550 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the health ministry in the territory.
According to the Israeli Rights Group for Hamoped 1802 Gaza Palestinians, they are currently being held as “illegal fighters” in Israeli prisons. The figure does not include detainees held by the military.