Israel’s army has arrested several soldiers suspected of mistreating a Palestinian prisoner of war. Right-wing demonstrators are protesting outside the prison camp.
Following the alleged mistreatment of a prisoner in an Israeli prison camp for Palestinians, the army has arrested several soldiers and launched an investigation. “An investigation has been launched following suspicions of serious mistreatment of a prisoner in the Sde Teiman detention center,” the Israeli army told the AFP news agency on Monday.
Nine Israeli soldiers were arrested
Nine soldiers were arrested. According to Israeli media, the prisoner is a Palestinian who was allegedly mistreated by the soldiers.
When the military police arrived at the camp in the Negev desert, demonstrators gathered there, including representatives from right-wing extremist parties. They protested against the investigation. The soldiers were only doing their duty. Some tried to enter the camp.
Lieutenant General Herz Halevi condemned the demonstration and justified the investigations. “We are in the middle of a war, and such actions endanger the security of the state,” he said. “These investigations are precisely what protect our soldiers in Israel and the world and protect the army’s values.”
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a leader of the nationalist-religious bloc in the government, said in a video uploaded to “X” that the accused soldiers should be treated as heroes and not as criminals.
Source: Stern
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