"At least 84 Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli prisons since October 2023 after being subjected to systematic abuse, including physical and psychological violence, inhuman conditions, deliberate starvation and denial of medical treatment, the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem says. Israeli authorities were still holding 80 of their bodies and refusing to return them to their families, the organisation said in a report released on Tuesday, which listed the names of the 84 deceased prisoners, including one minor, and the facilities in which they died."
"B'Tselem Executive Director Yuli Novak said Israeli authorities had turned the prison system into a network of torture camps as part of a coordinated onslaught on Palestinian society intended to destroy their existence as a collective. The genocide in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing in the West Bank are the most blatant manifestations of this policy, Novak said in a statement."
"B'Tselem said its findings were based on the testimonies of 21 Palestinians released from Israeli prisons in recent months and on the work of Israeli and international human rights organisations that monitor prisons. About 9,200 Palestinians are estimated to be held in Israeli prisons. Several of the interviewees described undergoing or witnessing sexual violence in custody, including sexual assault, forced stripping, severe injuries to genitals through beatings, attacks involving dogs and penetration with various objects."
At least 84 Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli prisons since October 2023 after suffering systematic abuse, including physical and psychological violence, inhuman conditions, deliberate starvation, and denial of medical treatment. Israeli authorities are still holding 80 bodies and refusing to return them to families. Fifty of the deceased were from Gaza, 31 from the occupied West Bank, and three were Israeli citizens; numbers are likely higher because only deaths verified are counted. Findings draw on testimonies of 21 released Palestinians and monitoring by Israeli and international human rights organisations. About 9,200 Palestinians are estimated to be incarcerated.
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