Tel Aviv
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Israel’s top military lawyer has dropped charges against five reservist soldiers accused of assaulting a Palestinian detainee at the notorious Sde Teiman military prison – in a move welcomed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and condemned by human rights groups.
The charges of aggravated abuse and serious assault stemmed from an investigation into the incident in July 2024, which took a dramatic turn after the leak of a video a month later, which appeared to show the Gazan detainee being attacked as some two dozen other detainees lay face-down nearby.
According to a February 2025 indictment, the five soldiers beat the man, dragging him across the floor,…