The **Sde Teiman detention camp** is an Israeli military facility located in the Negev desert near the Gaza Strip border, established in late 2023 following the enactment of Israel's Unlawful Combatants Law. It functions primarily as a detention center for Palestinians, especially Gazans captured during and after the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel. The camp holds detainees classified as unlawful combatants, a status that denies them prisoner-of-war protections and limits their legal rights, such as access to lawyers. The facility is split into enclosures where detainees are kept blindfolded and handcuffed, a field hospital for medical treatment, and an interrogation area. At its peak, the camp held hundreds of detainees, but numbers have reportedly decreased following legal and public pressure[1][2]. The camp has been the subject of significant controversy and criticism due to numerous allegations of torture, sexual violence, and inhumane treatment. Reports from human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and B’Tselem, as well as investigations by international media and the UN, have documented abuses such as beatings, forced stress positions, denial of medical care, exposure to loud noise, and sexual assault. These allegations include accounts from former detainees describing severe mistreatment, including forced nudity, electrocution, and use of dogs to intimidate prisoners[3][4][5]. Israel’s Supreme Court has intervened, ordering disclosure of detention conditions amid these allegations and mandating compliance with Israeli law on detainee treatment. Although the Court rejected calls to close the camp in September 2024, citing improvements and reduced detainee numbers, it continues to monitor the situation closely[2]. The camp’s existence and the treatment of detainees highlight ongoing tensions between security policies and human rights in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The facility remains a focal point for debates on legality, morality, and transparency in military detention practices related to counterterrorism efforts.