(José Niño, Headline USA) The Israeli military dropped all charges against five soldiers accused of sexually assaulting a Palestinian detainee, and by April 2026 those soldiers returned to reserve service with no completed internal investigation.
According to the BBC, the military cited “complexities in the evidentiary structure” as its reason for abandoning the case in March. Two of the five soldiers had failed polygraph tests when asked whether they inserted an object into the detainee’s body. Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir authorized their return to duty, with some assigned to combat roles.
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