Some of the reservists accused of sexually assaulting a detainee have already started combat roles, reports Israeli Army Radio.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 16 Apr 2026<\/span>16 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir has authorised five soldiers accused of sexually assaulting a Palestinian inmate in the notorious Sde Teiman detention camp to return to reserve service after charges against them were dropped, according to Israeli media reports.<\/p>\n The soldiers, all from the Force 100 unit assigned to guard military prisons, are being reinstated despite an ongoing, internal military inquiry into their conduct.<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n Israeli Army Radio reported that some of the reservists have already returned to active duty, including deployment to combat roles.<\/p>\n An Israeli army statement, cited by Israel\u2019s Haaretz newspaper, said: \u201cThe investigation does not prevent them from continuing to serve \u2026 the command-level investigation will be completed as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n The reinstatement comes after Israel\u2019s top military lawyer dropped all charges against the soldiers last month, closing a case that had been among the most divisive in Israel\u2019s recent history.<\/p>\n The soldiers had been charged with aggravated assault and causing severe injury, after footage broadcast by Israeli television showed them abusing a Palestinian man in Sde Teiman. The military\u2019s own indictment described soldiers stabbing the detainee with a sharp object near his rectum, causing cracked ribs, a punctured lung and an internal tear.<\/p>\n A doctor at the facility, Yoel Donchin, told Haaretz he was so shocked by the Palestinian inmate\u2019s condition that he initially assumed it was the work of a rival armed group.<\/p>\n Military Advocate General Itay Offir said the indictments were scrapped partly because of \u201ccomplexities in the evidentiary structure\u201d and \u201cdifficulties\u201d arising from the detainee\u2019s release to the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n Rights groups condemned the decision as a legal injustice, with Amnesty International calling it \u201cyet another unconscionable chapter in the Israeli legal system\u2019s long-standing history of granting impunity to perpetrators of grave crimes against Palestinians\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cSince the start of Israel\u2019s genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, and despite overwhelming evidence of widespread torture and abuse, including sexual violence, against Palestinians in Israeli detention centers, only one Israeli soldier has so far been sentenced over torturing a Palestinian detainee,\u201d said the rights group in a statement.<\/p>\n Palestinians released from Israeli detention have reported suffering widespread abuse while in custody.<\/p>\n A February report by the Committee to Protect Journalists also cited dozens of formerly detained Palestinian journalists describing \u201croutine beatings, starvation and sexual assault\u201d in Israeli custody.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Some of the reservists accused of sexually assaulting a detainee have already started combat roles, reports Israeli Army Radio. 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