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Five Israeli soldiers indicted for abuse over beating of detained Palestinian

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Published: 5 February 2019

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Case followed by death of Palestinian teen who was allegedly ambushed and killed by IDF soldiers while hiking with friends

Beat a detained Palestinian and made his son watch: Five Israeli soldiers indicted for abuse (Haaretz)
Soldiers punched detainees and hit them with sharp objects while they were handcuffed and blindfolded, and then forced the son to watch his father severely beaten

Palestinian teen hiking with friends was killed in Israeli army ambush. He posed no danger (Haaretz)
GIDEON LEVY and ALEX LEVAC Six teens went to the valley to have a picnic. Israeli soldiers ambushed them from behind an oak tree and fired dozens of rounds at them. Ayman Hamad was killed

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Photo: One of the suspects in the beating of detained Palestinians, January 2019 (Moti Milrod)
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