An Israeli army commander has been relieved of his post after being charged with torturing a young Palestinian boy in Bethlehem in April while interrogating him as to the whereabouts of his father. Lieutenant Colonel Geva Saguy is awaiting a court-martial on several charges, including ordering the boy to strip naked, holding a burning paper under his testicles, threatening to ram a bottle into his anus and threatening to shoot him. The boy’s name and age haven’t been revealed. The commander was relieved of his post on the orders of the military court after it turned down a request for the charges to be thrown out. The army had resisted the move for several months.