Our new report, “Unleashed: Abuse of Palestinians by Israeli Soldiers in the Center of Hebron”, is out today. In more than 20 testimonies, Palestinians told us how during the summer of 2024, soldiers randomly seized them from the street, a checkpoint or a home and subjected them to severe physical abuse, some in plain sight and others after taking them into a military post. B’Tselem executive director Yuli Novak: “Soldiers randomly seized people going about their daily affairs and beat them, some to the point of unconsciousness, as though it were a routine matter. The testimonies gathered by our field researchers reveal shocking norms of violent conduct among Israeli soldiers. After more than a year of unrelenting war against the Palestinian people, abusing passersby has become not only legitimate but even welcome. This goes beyond isolated incidents or breaches of regulations: we are seeing a pattern of systemic conduct that is the result of the dehumanization of Palestinians, led by the Israeli government.” The full report >> btselem.org/publications/202…