A military facility has gone global for all the wrong reasons after shocking CCTV footage was leaked, sparking a national scandal over “treason”.

At the edge of Israel’s Negev desert lies Sde Teiman, a military facility that has gone global for all the wrong reasons.

For months, little was known about what went on inside — until a video emerged that Israel could not ignore.

The leaked security camera footage that first emerged in July 2024 showed rows of Palestinian detainees forced to lie facedown while masked Israeli reservists patrolled above them.

One detainee was dragged into a corner out of the camera’s view, with soldiers seen holding shields up, presumably to block the camera. What happened next, investigators later claimed, left him bleeding and in need of emergency surgery.

The images set off a political earthquake inside Israel. Five Israeli soldiers were charged with aggravated abuse and causing serious bodily harm.

Inside the facility, a military doctor later told the Haaretz publication that he could “not believe an Israeli prison guard could do such a thing.”

But it wasn’t the assault that sent shockwaves through Israel’s government and military. The issue of who leaked the footage was what got officials particularly hot under the collar.

The scandal has therefore raised extremely important questions over morality during wartime.

The footage reached Israeli television months later, broadcast by Channel 12. Within days, protests erupted outside the Sde Teiman...

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