Israel’s top military lawyer has dropped all criminal charges against five Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reservists who brutally assaulted—including raping—a Palestinian detainee held at the notorious Sde Teiman military detention centre during Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
The only person now facing charges and even a jail sentence relating to the events is Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi—the IDF’s previous Military Advocate General who exposed the crime in the first place and initiated the original investigation and indictments. It was Tomer-Yerushalmi who released in August 2024 the infamous video showing the soldiers surrounding and raping a blindfolded Palestinian detainee against a wall for around 15 minutes.
Investigators are examining allegations against Tomer-Yerushalmi linked to the leak and related actions, such as obstruction or false statements, abuse of office, and disclosure of official information by a public servant. If convicted she could face up to three years in prison.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said, “The blood libel known as the ‘Sde Teiman affair’ against the fighters of Force 100, which smeared Israel’s reputation around the world in an unprecedented way, has come to an end.”
I do not think that means what you think that means.
Evidence of other war crimes at Sde Teiman—known as Israel’s Guantanamo—emerged in October 2025. Palestinian officials in Gaza reported that 135 mutilated bodies returned under the Gaza ceasefire had been held at the military camp. The Guardian reported that many of those killed were blindfolded, with hands tied behind their backs, and some had ropes around their necks.
Other survivors recently released from Israeli detention recounted gang rapes, beatings, and sexual torture, including assaults with objects or trained dogs. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) highlighted that these were part of a “policy of collective punishment designed to humiliate Palestinians and inflict maximum psychological and physical harm.”
Survivors’ accounts, documented by PCHR, describe extreme psychological terror, repeated rapes, and injuries severe enough to require hospitalization. Men and women were assaulted with sticks, bottles, and dogs; restrained, blindfolded, and left naked for hours. PCHR stressed that the abuse was not incidental but “part and parcel of the ongoing crime of genocide against the Palestinian people in the Strip.”
Moreover, detainees face ongoing threats, including coerced confessions and potential execution under new Israeli legal measures. PCHR warned that thousands face death following a draft law approved in November 2025 authorizing the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners. Coerced confessions extracted under torture could render all remaining detainees vulnerable to mass executions.
You see, “libel” indicates falsehood and a long history of documented torture and abuse to include video of a rape so violent it required medical treatment for the victim isn’t an inherent falsehood.
Let me be absolutely clear here. I am not saying that Jewish people crave blood or abduct children for ritualistic human sacrifice. I am saying that some Israelis commit torture and violent acts under the false pretense of defense and illegitimately scream “blood libel” as they pretend to be victims to escape consequences for their grotesque and inhuman crimes.