Sadly it occurs every single day but not often on video – Peter
Masked guards pull a blindfolded prisoner to his feet from a face-down position on the floor.
He is marched into a corner, where Israeli soldiers have formed a barrier with riot shields, blocking the man from the view of a nearby security camera. He is surrounded, and as military guard dogs bark, there is movement from behind the shields.
The leaked footage does not make events entirely clear, but the Palestinian man – a suspected terrorist – was later admitted to hospital with severe rib and rectal injuries.
The footage of abuse at the Sde Teiman detention facility was first aired last year by Israel’s Channel 12 and prompted an investigation.
However, before the inquiry could take its course, the video prompted a backlash from politicians on the right, including those close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who dismissed accusations against the guards as a “blood libel”.
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