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UN-backed rights experts hear Palestinians' allegations of abuse in Israeli custody during the war

Palestinians reported abuses by Israeli forces during hearings with U.N.-backed human rights investigators, including being punched and held naked during detention.
The Commission of Inquiry, led by Navi Pillay, aims to gather evidence for potential war crime prosecutions.
Israel has refused to cooperate with the commission, citing allegations of bias and denying claims of mistreatment.
A witness reported severe torture during detention, emphasizing widespread systemic issues.

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‘Humiliated’: Palestinian victims of Israel sexual abuse testify at UN

Hearings focused on allegations of “sexual and reproductive violence” committed by Israeli security forces and settlers.

8 hours ago·Pakistan

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Le Monde

Live, Near East – Palestinians at the UN testify to sexual abuse by Israelis: "He kept hitting me on the genitals"

Men told the United Nations independent commission of inquiry into the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories about the abuses suffered in Israeli prisons or by settlers, "very widespread sexual abuse," according to Palestinian lawyer Sahar Francis.

9 hours ago·Paris, France

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'Humiliated': Palestinian victims of Israel sexual abuse testify at UN

Palestinians who say they suffered brutal beatings and sexual abuse in Israeli detention and at the hands of Israeli settlers testified about their ordeals at the United Nations this week.

10 hours ago·Grainger County, United States

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La Presse

Palestinians witness sexual abuse by Israelis

Palestinians denounce, face-to-face, the beatings and sexual violence inflicted on them in Israeli prisons or by settlers in front of a panel of United Nations experts in Geneva, meeting since Tuesday.

10 hours ago·Montreal, Canada

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Amnesty International

Human rights in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Stay up to date on the state of human rights in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory with the latest research, campaigns and education material from Amnesty International.

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UN-backed rights experts hear Palestinians' allegations of abuse in Israeli custody during the war

Palestinians have described alleged abuses by Israeli forces and settlers to independent U.N.-backed human rights investigators during hearings on the treatment of detainees during the war in Gaza.

1 day ago·United States

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