The Israeli military prosecutor on Wednesday filed indictments against five reservists, alleging severe abuse and injury to a Palestinian prisoner at Sde Teiman prison.

Sde Teiman is a military detention facility in southern Israel.

According to the prosecutor, the abuse included cracked ribs, a punctured lung, and a torn rectum.

NAN reports that the indictments are the latest stage in a case involving a prisoner captured from a top militant group, Hamas, that has brought to light allegations of serious prisoner abuse at Sde Teiman.

The alleged incident took place on July 5, 2024, while the five reservists were serving in the prison in the Negev desert.

According to the indictment, the soldiers are accused of carrying out the abuse during a search of the victim, who was cuffed at the hands and ankles and blindfolded.

“The indictment charges the accused with acting against the detainee with severe violence, including stabbing the detainee’s bottom with a sharp object, which had penetrated near the detainee’s rectum,’’ the military said in a statement.

“Additionally, according to the indictment, the acts of violence have caused severe physical injury to the detainee, including cracked ribs, a punctured lung and an inner rectal tear,” it said.