Stano added that the EU “has repeatedly called on Israel to ensure that all those arrested or detained are treated in line with international human rights and international humanitarian law and standards … irrespective of the gravity of the crimes of which the detainees are accused.”
He also called on Israel to allow Red Cross humanitarian workers to visit prisons where Palestinians are held.
On Tuesday, Israel’s Channel 12 news aired surveillance footage that appears to show Israeli soldiers sexually assaulting a Palestinian prisoner at the Sde Teiman facility in southern Israel.
In late July, several Israel Defense Forces troops working as guards at Sde Teiman were detained by military police in a case relating to the abuse of a prisoner at the facility, according to Israeli media. Following the arrests, a mob attempted to storm a different base where the detained soldiers were being held, according to the IDF. Multiple far-right Israeli lawmakers appeared to be among those in the crowd, footage from the scene showed.
POLITICO has contacted to the Israel Defense Forces for comment. The IDF in May denied similar allegations of systemic abuse at the Sde Teiman facility.
U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller on Wednesday said that the allegations should “be investigated fully by the government of Israel (and) by the IDF.
