Israel’s mistreatment, torture of Palestinian abductees reaches ‘crisis point’
Israel’s longstanding mistreatment and the use of torture against Palestinian abductees have reached a “crisis point,” Palestinian authorities say.
The authorities on Sunday cited reports of severe beatings and systematic starvation in the regime’s detention center in the Occupied West Bank.
Meanwhile, a lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoners Affairs Authority, who has recently visited Israel’s Ofer Prison said on Sunday Israel is using “hunger and medical neglect” as forms of collective punishment against Palestinian detainees.
The lawyer told Palestine’s official WAFA news agency that at least seven suicide attempts were reported by detainees “due to the dire conditions and brutal treatment by guards” in the prison.
“One detainee suffered severe burns while taking a shower with excessively hot water, a situation resulting from the prison administration’s control over water temperature. This detainee has not received medical treatment for the burns,” the lawyer said.
He said one cancer patient, who was being held in the prison, “was assaulted while being transferred for chemotherapy treatment.”
The lawyer said that he was later informed that the treatment session had been canceled.
Another Palestinian detainee, he said, “has been subjected to severe beatings during his arrest and has lost over 12 kilograms since his detention on February 18, 2023.”
