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Monday's arrest of nine Israeli reservist soldiers at the Sde Teiman detention facility over the shocking abuse of a Palestinian detainee sparked protests by far-right Israeli lawmakers and activists who believe soldiers have a right to abuse Palestinian prisoners of war. The nine Israeli reservists stationed at Sde Teiman were arrested by military police officers after an investigation was launched into their abuse of a Palestinian detainee at the facility. The allegations reported in Israeli press include both assaulting and raping the detainee, who as a result was hospitalised with severe injuries to his anus and is unable to walk. The incident is the latest in a series of mounting allegations of systematic abuse at the facility, reported by °®Âþµº, CNN and New York Times for the past several months prompting Israel's high court to demand reports on conditions at the facility following a lawsuit in May. However, yesterday the far-right activists stormed both the Sde Teiman detention facility and the Beit Lid army base which held the nine soldiers - who were due for court hearings today. Israeli journalists likened yesterday's incident to the 6 January insurrection in Washington DC and drew comparisons of a civil war.