US EditionPalestinian deaths in Israeli custody have surged. A prison guard describes rampant abuse
- On Monday, Physicians for Human Rights- Israel reported nearly 100 Palestinians died in Israeli prisons and detention centers, citing systematic violence and denied medical care.
- Mass roundups more than doubled the prison population to 11,000, mainly from Gaza and the West Bank, while fewer than 30 Palestinians died in custody in the decade before, PHR-I said.
- The rights group documented 98 deaths, listing 27 in 2023, 50 in 2024 and 21 this year, the most recent on Nov. 2; PHR-I said the actual toll is likely significantly higher due to withheld detainee data.
- Under pressure, commanders installed cameras which helped mitigate abuse, one soldier was convicted and sentenced to seven months, and several soldiers face military court indictments.
- Former guards and staff told AP that detainees were routinely shackled, beaten, and one facility was called a `graveyard`; eight AP-reviewed autopsy reports showed physical abuse and medical neglect.
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Israeli lawyer alleges systematic sexual assault of Palestinian prisoners in custody
‘The issue is the conditions of the prisoners and the rape is just one of the many pieces of the puzzle, which is Israel torturing the Palestinian prisoners,’ Israeli attorney Ben Marmarelli says - Anadolu Ajansı
The number of Palestinian prisoners dying in Israeli prisons has increased sharply in the past two years, according to a recent report by the human rights organization Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI).
In its report released on Monday, the NGO Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHR-I) points out that because of the policy of enforced disappearances carried out by the Israeli army since the beginning of the war, the actual number of deaths is probably much higher.
Report: Abuse in Israeli Prisons So Bad One Is Called 'Graveyard'
The number of Palestinians dying in Israeli custody surged to nearly 100 since the start of the war in Gaza, according to a report published Monday by a human rights group that says systematic violence and denial of medical care at prisons and detention centers contributed to many of the...
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