German ambassador to Israel calls for investigation into reports of Palestinian prisoners being raped

The German ambassador to Israel, Steffen Seibert, wrote in a post on X that his country as well as “other friends of Israel” are “alarmed at reports about maltreatment of detainees” held in Israeli facilities, adding that “such cases must be investigated."

Nine Israeli soldiers in the notorious Sde Teiman detention centre were arrested on Monday on suspicion of raping a Palestinian detainee, sparking a riot where far-right activists and MPs stormed the facility.

Israeli military police raided Sde Teiman but were met with resistance by soldiers, who reportedly barricaded themselved into the facility and used pepper spray to defend themselves before eventually being taken into custody.

The soldiers were suspected of abusing a Palestinian detainee, who according to Arab48 is suffering from "a serious wound in his rectum area".