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Diaa Al-Kahlout, a journalist from Gaza, was recently released from Israeli prisons. In the circulating IDF video, he identified the Israeli soldier who had tortured and terrorized Palestinians during his captivity.
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Testimonies released from Palestinian detainees at Ofar Camp show the dire conditions and turtor that they have been subjected to in the camp. Ofer Camp has no difference from Sde Teiman in its brutality against Palestinians, except that it has on coverage from the international media like Sde Teiman.
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A recent poll by the Israeli institute for national security studies has highlighted a troubling trend in Israeli public opinion regarding military accountability. The survey shows that a majority of Israelis support only disciplinary action for soldiers, who were filmed gang-raping and severely abusing a Palestinian detainee, rather than criminal prosecution according to the Quds News Network.
65% of Israelis surveyed believe that the soldiers should be addressed through internal military discipline only, rather than facing criminal charges. In contrast, only 21% advocate for criminal prosecution.
Last week, the Israeli military attorney’s office and defense lawyers agreed on the release to house arrest of the five soldiers, who were filmed while raping a Palestinian man in the notorious Sde Teiman detention camp.
The poll also sheds light on broader sentiments towards Israel’s adherence to international law and moral standards in warfare. When asked whether Israel should comply with international legal norms and ethical standards during conflict, 47% of respondents said the occupation state should not.
The survey findings show significant alignment between public, official, and military positions in the occupation state regarding Israel’s policy of impunity on the international stage. Additionally, the poll queried how Israelis would advise their children regarding military service. A substantial 30% indicated they would encourage their children to enlist in combat roles.
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A leaked video showing Israeli soldiers sexually assaulting a Palestinian detainee from Gaza in the notorious Israeli detention camp Sde Teiman has come to the fore, according to Anadolu.
The footage from surveillance cameras, aired by Israeli Channel 12, shows a group of Israeli reservist soldiers picking a detainee out of more than 30 others, who are all laid on the ground blindfolded. The detainee is then taken to a corner.
“It is clear that they know about the surveillance cameras, and try to hide their act with shields,” the report said. “The video contains a documentation to the felony of the reservists: the act of sodomy in these circumstances.”
The report said the detainee was bleeding and was taken to hospital after several hours, where his condition was described as “complex.”
“The injury was caused by the insertion of an object,” the channel said, quoting a medical report.
Following the arrest of nine soldiers for committing the act on July 29, Israeli right-wing protesters, including politicians, broke into two military bases in southern and central Israel.
Israeli military prosecution claims it is still investigating the incident, but has not filed any charges against the accused.
In recent months, numerous reports have emerged of mass abuse of Palestinian prisoners from Gaza at the Sde Teiman prison in the Negev desert, southern Israel. Israeli authorities often claim to investigate the incidents, but tangible results are rarely seen reported the Turkish news agency.
Israel has killed nearly 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza since Oct. 7, and is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice for its military campaign.
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A Palestinian journalist from Gaza described multiple instances of torture, abuse and rape that he and other detainees endured at the Israeli Sde Teiman detention camp.
Mohammed Saber Arab, 42, detailed his harrowing experiences to his lawyer, Khaled Mahajneh, during a recent visit to the detention center as reported by Anadolu.
Arab, who worked as a correspondent for Al Araby TV, was detained from Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza amid a large-scale Israeli assault in March.
The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Society confirmed in a joint statement the visit by Mahajneh to Arab, who had been unaware of his location in the Sde Teiman camp until the lawyer informed him, the Turkish news agency added.
The statement highlighted Arab’s testimony as one of many disturbing accounts from released Gaza detainees about the inhumane conditions of their captivity.
These accounts include reports of detainees dying as well as enduring torture, abuse and rape.
Arab said that detainees are kept blindfolded and handcuffed 24 hours a day. He noted that for 50 days, he had not changed his clothes and was only allowed to change his pants before the visit.
Detainees are subjected to continuous torture, physical and sexual abuse and humiliation, leading to deaths among them, he said.
He noted that conversations between detainees are prohibited, with severe beatings as punishment for violations, forcing detainees to talk to themselves and silently pray as they are deprived of religious practices.
The journalist pointed out that some detainees had their limbs amputated and bullets removed without anesthesia.
The detainees are constantly surrounded by police dogs, and only four detainees are allowed one minute in the bathroom at a time, with punishments for exceeding this limit. They sleep on the ground, using their shoes as pillows, he added.
He revealed that bathing is permitted once a week for only one minute and sleeping during the day is not allowed.
Arab also said that 50 days after his arrest, he was finally allowed to shave, and meals consist of small portions of labneh, or strained yogurt, and pieces of cucumber or tomato, which are provided consistently.
Since the war in Gaza began, the Israeli army has detained thousands of Palestinians, including women, children, health care workers and civil defense teams.
A small number have been released, while the fate of the remaining detainees remains unknown.
Israel, flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire, has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since an Oct. 7, 2023 attack by the Palestinian group Hamas.
Nearly 37,400 Palestinians have since been killed in Gaza, most of them women and children, and more than 85,400 others injured, according to local health authorities, Anadolu reported.
Over eight months into the Israeli war, vast tracts of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.
Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, whose latest ruling ordered it to immediately halt its operation in the southern city of Rafah, where over a million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6.
