Jerusalem (CNN) Five Israeli soldiers were charged with beating two handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian detainees, according to an indictment filed in an Israeli military court on Thursday.

The soldiers, whose names were redacted from the indictment, are charged with abuse and aggravated assault.

According to the indictment, on a day in early January the soldiers punched, slapped, kicked and beat the two detainees, hitting them in their head, face, chest, legs and more.

The detainees were arrested as part of a military sweep following the killing of two Israeli soldiers by a Palestinian gunman at a bus stop in the West Bank in December.

The West Bank is a Palestinian territory, considered illegally occupied by Israel in the eyes of much of the international community. Israel disputes that characterization, but its military continues to maintain broad authority, controlling main roads and checkpoints, as well as having a presence in settlements.

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