‘Sexual abuse’ probe fuels tension between Israeli military and hard-liners
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The investigation has stoked tensions between military command and hard-line nationalists in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
An Israeli military court has opened an initial hearing for nine soldiers detained over what a defence lawyer said were allegations of sexual abuse of a Palestinian at a shadowy facility where Israel has held prisoners from Gaza during the war.