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Increase in Palestinian Detainees
Comparison of Palestinian prisoner numbers pre-war versus current data.
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Palestinians expose torture and sexual violence in Israeli detention ...
Palestinian detainees and rights groups share disturbing accounts of rape, sexual violence and physical abuse.Warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual assault that some readers may find disturbing.Palestinians who were detained in Israeli prisons have revealed how they suffered dehumanising treatment by guards and soldiers, including torture and sexual violence.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3MSF accuses Israel of manufacturing a malnutrition crisis in Gazalist 2 of 3Israeli strike kills colonel in Gaza police force, say Palestinian medicslist 3 of 3Israeli strikes kill five Palestinians across Gaza in one dayend of listSpeaking to Al Jazeera in the Gaza Strip, many former detainees said that even after they were released, their struggle did not end as survival started another psychological battle, with the harrowing memories of imprisonment still haunting them.Survivor Mohammed al-Bakri was arrested during Israeli military operations in Gaza in March 2024 and was jailed for about 20 months.He was transferred between several Israeli detention centres before ending up in a prison in occupied East Jerusalem.There he remained blindfolded and handcuffed alongside other detainees for months, cut off from the outside world, he told Al Jazeera.One night in prison, Israeli soldiers stripped him naked, unleashed dogs and sexually assaulted him.“They first handcuffed our hands in front of us. When the rape began, they forced our hands behind our backs, stripped us naked, and threw us onto the floor,” he said.“Dogs were unleashed on us and viciously attacked us. One of them was extremely large. Some soldiers also used sexual objects during the assaults.”Upon release, al-Bakri learned that his wife had been killed in an Israeli strike while he was in prison.More than 9,600 Palestinians were held in Israeli prisons last month, compared with about 5,250 before the war – an 83 per cent increase, say prisoners’ advocacy groups.They include 350 children and about 3,530 administrative detainees being held without charge.‘It’s not a lone wolf’In another case, 17-year-old Ahmed, whose identity is being concealed by Al Jazeera at his family’s request, was detained near an aid distribution point in Rafah in southern Gaza while trying to get food to his hungry family.Instead of returning with flour, Ahmed was fearful and traumatised.He says he endured degrading sexual abuse during detention.“Israeli female soldiers suddenly arrived and handcuffed us. The...
Palestinians expose torture and sexual violence in Israeli detention ...
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Report Says 75 Documented Cases of Sexual Abuse in Israeli Custody May ...
At the centre of the latest claims is WCLAC, a Ramallah-based feminist legal organisation that says it has documented 75 cases involving rape, sexual assault or sexual torture against Palestinian women in Israeli custody.
Sexual violence against Palestinian detainees is systematic, not ...
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