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Israeli newspaper makes false claim that Israeli hostage was tortured after Sde Teiman abuse video leak

The Israeli newspaper Yisrael Hayom claimed that former hostage Bar Kupershtein said hostages were tortured because of a leak of a video showing IDF soldiers sexually abusing a Palestinian prisoner sexually abused in an Israeli detention center, which happened a month later

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The Israeli newspaper Yisrael Hayom claimed that former hostage Bar Kupershtein said hostages were tortured because of a leak of a video showing IDF soldiers sexually abusing a Palestinian prisoner sexually abused in an Israeli detention center, which happened a month later

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Josh Breiner

09:06 PM • April 01 2026 IDT

The Israeli right-wing news organization Yisrael Hayom baselessly reported on Tuesday that former hostage Bar Kupershtein said that Hamas tortured him and other captives in the wake of the leak of a video showing Israeli reservists abusing a Palestinian prisoner – when the video was leaked more than a month after the torture took place.

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