by Emanuel Fabian at The Time of Israel
An Israel Defense Forces reservist was indicted on Tuesday for abusing Palestinian detainees, unrelated to an ongoing investigation against nine soldiers who were taken for questioning on Monday over the alleged sexual abuse of another detainee.
The soldier, named as Staff Sgt. (res.) Yisrael Zakaria Hajbi, was serving at the Sde Teiman base — which houses a detention facility — at the time of the alleged abuse.
According to an indictment filed by military prosecutors, the reservist on several occasions between February and June, while securing the transport of terror suspects, allegedly “used severe violence against the detainees he was entrusted with guarding.”
“During some of the transports, without any danger from the security detainees, and while the detainees were handcuffed and blindfolded, the defendant hit them,” the IDF said.
The reservist allegedly hit the detainees with a stick and his personal weapon, while filming the acts, according to the incitement…
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