How Israel brutally tortures the detained Palestinian people
Last Updated on March 18, 2024 5:17 am
Israeli forces have forcibly removed thousands of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip since the start of the war with the pro-independence armed group Hamas. They are imprisoned in a terrible prison. Where Palestinians are subjected to physical torture as well as psychological torture.
Prisoners are handcuffed, blindfolded and confined in metal cages. No food or water is provided. There again brutal Israeli forces tortured prisoners with iron bars, electric shocks and dogs.
Palestinian prisoners who have recently been released from Israeli prisons have reported such terrible torture. Freed Palestinians told media outlet Middle East Eye how they were physically tortured with dogs and electricity. A mockery is executed. How humiliating and humiliating conditions were kept.
A freed Palestinian, who did not want to be named, described his bitter experience. He said he was abducted by Israeli forces from a school in Gaza. He was then handcuffed and blindfolded. After that he was kept in a metal cage for 42 consecutive days. There he was given an electric shock. Israel’s ferocious soldiers did not stop there. He was also scratched and bitten by dogs. Many other men also said they were treated the same way.
They were not even given food or water. Moaz Muhammad Khamis Miqdad was captured in December in Gaza City and held for more than 30 days.
He said, the Israeli forces did not spare anyone. From a 14-year-old boy to an 80-year-old man, everyone was tortured.
Another freed man told Middle East Eye that he was blindfolded and stripped naked during interrogation. He was beaten repeatedly and cigarette lighters were repeatedly lit on his body. He also described being held frozen for days. Where he was not allowed to sleep. After asking for water, he was given a bottle filled with soldiers’ urine. When asked about Hamas tunnels where Israeli soldiers tortured prisoners, they replied ‘I don’t know’. Talked to several such ex-prisoners. who described similar experiences.
On Friday, Alice Jill Edwards, the UN special rapporteur on torture, said she was investigating allegations of Israeli torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian prisoners.
Israeli soldiers beat and humiliated doctors after raiding hospitals in the Gaza Strip, the BBC reported on Tuesday. Doctors told the BBC they were blindfolded and beaten repeatedly by soldiers after a raid on the hospital last month.
Ahmed Abu Saba, a doctor at Nasser Hospital, described his detention for a week. He said a dog had attacked him. Then an Israeli soldier broke one of his hands. The BBC also interviewed two other doctors. According to the press, the description given in the meeting matches the description given by two other doctors. They also said that apart from insulting and beating them, the soldiers also poured cold water on them. They are forced to kneel in uncomfortable positions for hours. The two doctors requested anonymity.
The BBC sent details of the doctors’ complaints to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). However, the IDF did not directly respond to the matter.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the construction of prisons in Israel to hold thousands more Palestinians. He gave this order in a meeting with the representatives of the Ministry of Defence, National Security and Finance on Sunday. Kaddoura Fares, a Palestinian prisoner and former head of the Prisoner Affairs Commission, condemned Netanyahu’s decision.