Large Amounts of Documentation of Torture
Various international and Palestinian human rights organizations have documented the abuse and torture of detainees inside Israeli prisons, including arbitrary violence, sexual assault, humiliation and degradation, deliberate starvation, forced unhygienic conditions and sleep deprivation.
According to the Israeli B'Tselem rights group, "no less than 60" Palestinian detainees have died in Israeli custody.
In a report titled Welcome to Hell, the organization documented "a systemic, institutional policy focused on the continual abuse and torture of all Palestinian prisoners held by Israel."
In July, a leaked video showed Israeli soldiers sexually assaulting a Palestinian detainee from Gaza in the notorious Sde Teiman Israeli detention centre. The detainee subsequently died of his injuries.
In April the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) documented the release of 1,506 detainees from Gaza by Israeli authorities through the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing point with Israel. This included 43 children (39 boys, four girls) and 84 women.
Sexual Violence
UNRWA reported that "Both men and women reported threats and incidents that may amount to sexual violence and harassment" by the Israeli occupiers while in detention.
"Male victims reported beatings to their genitals, while one detainee reported being made to sit on an electrical probe."
"The ill-treatment and abuse against UNRWA staff members as relayed by staff members themselves included severe physical beatings and treatment akin to waterboarding, resulting in extreme physical suffering; beatings by doctors when referred for medical assistance; exposure to and being attacked by dogs; threats of rape and electrocution; threats of violence with guns pointed at them; verbal and psychological abuse; threats of murder, injury or harm to family members; humiliating and degrading treatment; being forced to strip naked and being photographed while they are undressed; and being forced to hold stress positions."
The Zionists do not provide up to date information on how many Palestinians they have captured and hold in detention. At the end of June 2024, the Israel Prison Service (IPS) was holding 9,440 Palestinians in detention or in prison on what it calls "security" grounds. The IOF has its own prisons on top of this.
(With reports from Palestine Chronicle and B'Tselem.)
This article was published in
October 11, 2024
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