IDF probing whether troops forced Gaza man to drink urine

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The Military Police are investigating allegations that Israel Defense Forces soldiers assaulted, abused and stole from a Palestinian man detained during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip earlier this year. The police are investigating a number of complaints of thefts from Palestinians during the recent war.

The latest complaint was submitted by Omar al-Qanoa to the IDF military advocate general by the Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights.

It states that Qanoa, from the Atatara neighborhood of Gaza City, was detained by the IDF on January 4, along with family members. They were released the following day, but he was transported, bound and blindfolded, to another location, where he was kept for two more days. During that time, he said soldiers denied him water, beat and kicked him, and on three occasions forced him to drink urine.

He says soldiers also stole his cell phone as well as $1,000 and NIS 2,500 in cash. He also said he was forced to tell an individual presented as a foreign journalist that he was being treated well.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1085460.html

[billyoc]

1. "I'll tell the journalist anything you want, just don't turn me over to the Americans."

[bemildred]

2. Elite IDF soldier confesses to looting Gaza home during war

An elite Israel Defense Forces soldier confessed on Tuesday to stealing a credit card from a home in northern Gaza during the recent offensive against Hamas and using it to withdraw NIS 1,600 in Israel.

The soldier, who serves in the Givati infantry unit's reconnaissance battalion, was arrested last week with one of his comrades. The second soldier was released after his friend confessed.

Following the soldier's confession, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit relayed: "The IDF examines every incident that is not in line with the laws of the state and the principles of the IDF."

The army's police investigative unit launched a probe into the allegations last month after receiving a complaint.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1085288.html

[Howardx]

3. the most moral army in the world

wasnt that it?