The U.S. is investigating the infamous Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) unit over grave violations, which might have implications for Washington’s help to Tel Aviv, a report mentioned Monday.
Citing two Israeli and two U.S. officers, the report by Axios mentioned the evaluation focuses on the IDF’s ‘Force 100,’ which is in command of guarding detainees from Gaza, and no findings have been reached.
Several members of the unit are presently on trial in Israel for sexually assaulting a Palestinian detainee.
Israeli troopers gang-raped a Palestinian prisoner on the Sde Teiman Prison within the Negev desert in July.
The detainee was taken to a hospital with extreme accidents to an intimate physique half, which left him with out the power to stroll.
The surveillance digicam footage aired by Israeli Channel 12, exhibits a bunch of Israeli reservist troopers choosing a detainee out of greater than 30 others, who’re all laid on the bottom blindfolded. The detainee is then taken to a nook.
Several experiences emerged of extreme abuses in opposition to Palestinian detainees on the infamous facility for the reason that begin of Israel’s ongoing offensive on the Gaza Strip.
Currently, Israel’s Supreme Court is contemplating a petition filed by Israeli human rights organizations to shut the Sde Teiman jail, the place Palestinian detainees from Gaza face torture and medical neglect.
The Israeli military is believed to have detained hundreds of Palestinians, together with ladies, youngsters, and medics since Oct. 7, 2023.
In current months, the military has launched dozens of Palestinian detainees from Gaza in deteriorating well being circumstances, with their our bodies bearing torture scars.
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