Nine Israeli soldiers in the notorious Sde Teiman detention centre were arrested on Monday on suspicion of raping a Palestinian detainee, sparking a riot where far-right activists and MPs stormed the facility.
Israeli military police raided Sde Teiman but were met with resistance by soldiers, who reportedly barricaded themselved into the facility and used pepper spray to defend themselves before eventually being taken into custody.
The soldiers were suspected of abusing a Palestinian detainee, who according to Arab48 is suffering from "a serious wound in his rectum area".
The prisoner had been transferred from Sde Teiman in the Negev desert to a hospital in Beersheba, which is also in southern Israel. Haaretz said the prisoner is unable to walk.
The Israeli army said an investigation is underway.
The arrests were met with outrage by right-wing Israelis, with protests in solidarity called across Israel.
Dozens of people, reportedly including members of parliament and Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu, gathered outside Sde Teiman and stormed the detention facility.
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