The Palestinian detainee had been raped so violently that he had to be transferred to a hospital for treatment for severe injury to his anus, a ruptured bowel, lung damage, and broken ribs that left him unable to walk.

Israel’s top military lawyer has dropped all criminal charges against five Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reservists who brutally assaulted—including raping—a Palestinian detainee held at the notorious Sde Teiman military detention centre during Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.

The only person now facing charges and even a jail sentence relating to the events is Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi—the IDF’s previous Military Advocate General who exposed the crime in the first place and initiated the original investigation and indictments. It was Tomer-Yerushalmi who released in August 2024 the infamous video showing the soldiers surrounding and raping a blindfolded Palestinian detainee against a wall for around 15 minutes.

Investigators are examining allegations against Tomer-Yerushalmi linked to the leak and related actions, such as obstruction or false statements, abuse of office, and disclosure of official information by a public servant. If convicted she could face up to three years in prison.

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  • hark@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 hour ago

    No, I don’t think a genocidal ethnostate that protects rapists has the right to exist.

    • Madison420@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      9 hours ago

      Conventionally bombed maybe but nuking anyone carries devastating consequences for literally everyone else on the planet.

    • peacefulpixel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      102·
      13 hours ago

      lol the downvotes. gods forbid you throw back what the imperial core is dishing out. then it’s “too far…”

        • peacefulpixel@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          13 hours ago

          i certainly wouldn’t blame the whole of humanity for what certain, albeit sizeable, populations have CHOSEN to do. only because that lumps in the victims of said choices into it, and they’re innocent in all of this. but i do mostly agree

    • Tja@programming.devEnglish
      84·
      12 hours ago

      How about we prosecute and punish those who commit crimes and leave the rest alone?

      It’s not a hard concept…

      • middlemanSI@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        11 hours ago

        I saw many instances of little israeli kids singing about killing muslims…Snake heads something something.

          • PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            1·
            1 hour ago

            And Germany was never properly de-nazi-fied. Many ended up in positions of government post-war, many more of course spread out to other countries.

            I appreciate the compassion you’re showing but I think failure to properly deal with Nazis is huge for our history, it’s working against the case you’re making.

      • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        21·
        11 hours ago

        That concept was too hard for Isn’t real as seen by how they keep killing civilians in every country they occupy. How can we expected a lesser funded organization to solve problems Isn’t real can’t even solve?