Israeli military indicts soldier for beating Palestinian prisoners

Israel’s military has indicted a soldier for beating Palestinian prisoners, the military said on Tuesday.

According to Israel’s military, the Israeli soldier used “severe violence” against Palestinian prisoners he was guarding between February and June.

The soldier allegedly hit the detainees with a stick and his personal weapon while filming the beatings, according to the indictment.

The case is separate from an ongoing investigation into nine Israeli soldiers that sparked raids on two Israeli army bases by far-right Israeli protesters.

Israeli media reports say the case revolves around charges that Israeli soldiers sodomised a Palestinian prisoner.