A human rights organization in Israel has reported that the conditions inside the country’s prisons, particularly those holding Palestinian detainees, have deteriorated significantly since the onset of the conflict in Gaza last October, describing them as amounting to torture. The report comes amid accusations of physical and mental abuse, including severe beatings and inhumane treatment of prisoners, a claim that the Israeli government and its far-right security minister have rejected, despite boasting of harsher treatment of Palestinian prisoners.
- Conditions in Israeli prisons holding Palestinians have significantly deteriorated since the Gaza war began in October, amounting to torture according to Israel’s leading human rights organization.
- Detainees have reported severe physical and mental abuse, including beatings by officers, use of batons, sticks, dogs, and firearms, as well as humiliation and sleep deprivation.
- The Israeli prison system is described as having turned into a network of torture camps for Palestinians, with detainees’ accounts painting a consistent picture of ongoing abuse.
- The Israeli government and its far-right security minister reject the description of prison conditions as torture, with the minister boasting that Palestinian prisoners are treated much more harshly on his watch.
- Allegations of systematic abuse have been outright rejected by the Israeli military and prison service, with the prison service claiming not to be aware of any such events.
- The report highlights the story of individuals, including both those charged with affiliations to armed groups and Israeli citizens arrested for minor offenses, who have experienced or witnessed the alleged abuses firsthand.
- Despite some Palestinians being held for severe offenses, the human rights organization asserts that all detainees, regardless of their alleged actions, are subject to violence and abuse.
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