Hands and feet in shackles. Eyes blindfolded. No moving. No talking. And, sometimes, violent beatings. Days upon days, weeks upon weeks pass like this at the Sde Teiman facility for Hamas terrorists and Palestinian civilians from Gaza. These interviewees know. They served there
IDF soldiers face allegations of sodomizing a Palestinian detainee, spotlighting legal and ethical issues at Sde Teiman. The prosecution is confident as medical evidence and video leaks emerge.
A civil organization appealed to the High Court of Justice over the conditions at Sde Teiman, and the IDF and Shin Bet were forced to release some prisoners due to lack of space in Israeli jails.
Prof. Yoel Donchin, a doctor at Sde Teiman who saw the Gazan detainee after he was allegedly abused by nine Israeli reservists, expressed shock at the man's condition. 'I was certain this was revenge by the Nukhba against the Nukhba,' he said, referring to the elite Hamas unit
The detention of nine soldiers suspected of torturing a Palestinian detainee at the Sde Teiman detention center and the subsequent clashes at the site led to an avalanche of reactions from Israeli elected officials. 'Let us not forget that our enemies try to go after us again and again, also in the international legal arena,' President Isaac Herzog said
The state will be required to address issues like medical treatment, punishment methods and cuffing conditions for Palestinians at the Sde Teiman detention facility, despite informing the High Court that it would remove all detainees from the site
After a petition was brought to Israel's Supreme Court about the conditions of detention at the Sde Teiman facility, justices demanded the state provide answers about inmates' conditions. The state informed the court that they were in the process of transferring inmates and improving conditions