Israeli protesters enter army base after soldiers held over Gaza detainee abuse | BBC News

Israeli far-right protesters have broken into an army base in a show of support for soldiers accused of severely mistreating a Palestinian prisoner there.

Israeli media reports suggested the Palestinian has been sexually assaulted by the reservists.

Large crowds gathered outside the Sde Teiman compound after Israeli military police entered it to detain the reservists, who are now subject to an official investigation.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a statement and strongly condemned the incident and called for “an immediate calming of passions”.

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[rashides]

They are protesting to defend an abuser...😮

[sp-files]

Imagine these are the animals our government are supporting and defending!

[ionnanskilliorus]

'Most moral army in the world'...

[CeebGamer]

Seems like they've created a monster that they can't even control. Fascism

[Cristoforo]

Sexual assaults of prisoners and hostages by the IDF are not that uncommon. But this one was particularly brutal where the victim required hospitalization. This is why it made the news in Israel. Which is why their own Military Police got involved.

[songasalimsaleh]

*WHAT ABUSE?*
*It's interesting how BCC can sanitize the language when it comes to Israel CRIMES!*

[firestromlor]

Why is it called abuse and not sexual assault 🤔

[zhangshiyucao]

This country is descending into madness

[OhDearOhDear]

Very interesting how they rally around soldiers who have committed disgraceful and inhuman crimes, but the same people accuse innocent Palestine children of complicity with Hamas.

[yasararif]

So they want their soldiers to sexually abuse prisoners!!

Disgusting behaviour from these people.

[joetran]

Protesting the arrest of potential prisoner abusers... And the country isn't a pariah state?

[JayBreeze]

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present the most moral army in the world

[RAGEEcs]

guys.. why so broad with the titles? the abuse was R4PE

[MOE]

The only democracy in the Middle East 😂

[Oscarlk]

United States of Israel
Saying they are above the law

[Christopher]

These are the same people who have been crying about the sexual abuse on October 7th that they claim happened to them (which was proven to be a lie). The hypocrisy is unreal.

[sihr]

Just in case anyone thought Israelis believe in accountability….

[audiegm]

Horrific conduct. Breaking in military bases to defend abusers “their heroes” pure extremist people.

[marwaahmed]

He said it's a war between civilization and barbarism, but he didn't specify.

[leet]

Another secure area the IDF fail to defend.