Palestinian Prisoner in Critical Condition After Sexual Assault by Israeli Soldiers

Dozens of Israelis, including representatives from far-right parties, stormed the Sadeh Teiman camp in southern Israel, where elite Hamas fighters are detained. This occurred hours after military police arrested several soldiers on charges of torturing a Hamas member and severely sexually assaulting him, resulting in his hospitalization in critical condition. National Security Minister Ben Gvir quickly condemned the police's actions and called on the Defense Minister to support what he called "heroic soldiers," similar to his stance regarding prison services. Other ministers and party leaders in the coalition joined in defending the soldiers, who are reservists, while several active-duty soldiers in the prison threatened to open the facility's doors if their colleagues were not released. The Sadeh Teiman detention center was established shortly after the war began for the purpose of holding and interrogating Hamas fighters before transferring them to other prisons. Haaretz revealed some of the harsh conditions within the facility, which currently holds seven hundred Hamas members. The military police are conducting a criminal investigation into the deaths of forty-eight Palestinian prisoners, most of whom were captured in the Gaza Strip, including thirty-six at the Sadeh Teiman facility.