Israeli military court gives attorney general's office three days to respond to request to drop Sde Teimen indictment

Israeli military court gives attorney general's office three days to respond to request to drop Sde Teimen indictment The president of an Israeli military court today ordered the attorney general's office to respond within three days to a request to drop an indictment against five reserve soldiers accused of brutally abusing a Palestinian detainee in Sde Teiman detention center in 2024. The footage, which was broadcast last August, shows Israeli soldiers at the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel pulling a detainee aside, surrounding him with riot shields to block visibility while he was beaten and stabbed in the rectum with a sharp object. The detainee was treated for severe injuries. The five reserve soldiers were charged with aggravated abuse and causing serious bodily harm to the detainee, but denied the charges. Military Advocate General of the Israeli military Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi took responsibility for the leak and resigned at the end of October following outrage in Israel over the leak. Her successor, Itay Offir, former legal adviser to the Defense Ministry, took office at the end of November. The soldiers' lawyers filed a request to dismiss the indictment in November.