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July 30, 2024

Far-Right Israeli Protesters Storm Military Bases to Defend Soldiers Accused of Torture
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In Israel, a group of far-right protesters, including at least one
member of the Knesset, broke into two Israeli military bases on Monday
in an effort to prevent Israeli military police from detaining nine
soldiers suspected of torturing Palestinian prisoners. The nine soldiers
are reportedly being investigated for gang raping a Palestinian prisoner
at Sde Teiman, a facility where prisoners from Gaza say they have been
routinely beaten and tortured. Some prisoners held at the site had limbs
amputated due to injuries sustained from constant handcuffing.

The protesters who stormed the military bases on Monday included
far-right Knesset member Zvi Sukkot, who is a member of Finance Minister
Bezalel Smotrich's party.


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