Honenu Director Shmuel (Zangi) Meidad; Photo credit: Honenu
Monday, September 8, 2025, 9:16 The trial of five IDF Unit 100 soldiers indicted in the Sde Teiman case on suspicion of assaulting a Nukhba terrorist prisoner who took part in the Simhat Torah massacre (October 7) opened two months ago. The soldiers’ attorneys asked the Military Prosecution officials to give them all of the investigative material in the case. However, not all of the material has been transferred as of now, despite repeated requests. In light of that, a hearing in the trial has been postponed for several weeks. Honenu Attorneys Adi Keidar, Nati Rom, and Moshe Poleski are representing two of the soldiers.
Honenu Director Shmuel (Zangi) Meidad: “The Military Advocate General is continuing the insane persecution of heroic IDF soldiers who were sent on the impossible mission of guarding the most despicable murderers. The soldiers faithfully fulfilled their duties. This trial is a low point in the history of the State of Israel. However, this is also an opportunity to expose the blood libel. Honenu will fight to reveal the truth, the corrupt conduct of the Military Advocate General, and how IDF soldiers were framed. We will use all legal means at our disposal to ensure that Israel does not self-destruct.”
In July 2024, ten combat soldiers from IDF Unit 100 were detained at the Sde Teiman military base on suspicion of assaulting a Nukhba terrorist prisoner who took part in the Simhat Torah massacre (October 7). Of the ten soldiers who were detained, five were released within a month, while the remaining five soldiers were charged with assault. In April 2025, on behalf of two of the soldiers, Honenu Attorneys Menashe Yado and Nati Rom filed a 1.5 million shekel defamation suit against Guy Peleg, a journalist with Channel 12, who claimed in a televised report that the soldiers sodomized the Nukhba terrorist. The plaintiffs are also suing Channel 12 for broadcasting the report.
In light of the media leak in the case, the Beit Lid Military Court of Appeals ruled that, “The Military Advocate General is required to promptly reply to the question of how investigative material reached the news media, in light of the claims of possible damage to the integrity of the investigation.”
Attorney Rom wrote a letter to the Attorney General demanding that she order an investigation into the leak and put those responsible for it on trial. The Attorney General replied that she had transferred the handling of the investigation to the IDF.
Following the last house arrest extension, the Honenu Attorneys Rom and Keidar requested to receive the investigative material in the case from the military prosecution.
Please click here for a description by the detained Sde Teiman soldiers of the incident.
Please click here for a statement from Hila, the wife of one of the soldiers detained at the Sde Teiman military base on suspicion of assaulting a Nukhba terrorist, who leveled sharp criticism at the Military Advocate General over his detention.
On July 30, the court ignored the soldiers’ concerned families and held a hearing in their absence.
Initially, Honenu Attorneys Rom and Keidar were prevented on various pretexts from meeting with the detainees and granting them legal counsel.