Israel’s Haaretz newspaper is reporting that an internal military probe found Israeli soldiers beat two Palestinian detainees from Gaza to death.
The detainees were beaten on their way to the Sde Teiman detention facility in the Nagab desert and died later, Haaretz reports, citing two unnamed sources. “While several soldiers were questioned about the incident, no one has been arrested on suspicion of causing their deaths,” the news outlet reported.
Haaretz has previously reported that at least 27 detainees from Gaza have died in Israeli military custody at Sde Teiman and other bases.
Released detainees and whistleblowers have long accused the Israeli military of subjecting detained Palestinians to severe abuse, including sexual violence, as well as torture through severe beatings, dog attacks, strip searches, waterboarding, and denial of food, sleep and toilet access.
