Right-wing Israeli protesters broke into two military compounds on Monday after investigators arrived to question soldiers about suspected abuse at one of them, a detention camp for Palestinians captured during the Gaza war.
Small crowds of protesters forced their way into the compounds in what Israel’s military chief described as “unlawful behaviors bordering on anarchy.” The protesters later dispersed.
The unrest began when military police showed up at the first site, the Sde Teiman military detention center in southern Israel, as part of their investigation.
Army Radio reported that they came to question about 10 reserve soldiers suspected of abusing a prisoner captured from an elite unit of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.
As the military police arrived at the camp, a crowd of civilian protesters, including far-right members of parliament, gathered outside, denouncing the investigation of soldiers they said were doing their duty.