"Dozens of Palestinian prisoners are being held indefinitely in an underground Israeli detention facility, deprived of sunlight and subjected to extreme violence, Palestinian lawyers say, as more reports of abuse emerge from the devastation of Israel's war on Gaza. Lawyers for Palestinians held at Rakevet, an underground wing of the Ramla (Nitzan) prison complex in central Israel, said their clients have been assaulted, starved, and denied medical care despite serious injuries."
"When the prisoners arrive for the interview [with their lawyer], their faces show what they've endured, lawyer Nadia Daqqa told Al Jazeera. Particularly in this prison, prisoners are afraid to talk. The [interview] room is one square metre and the guards refuse to leave. Despite that, Daqqa and other lawyers have collected testimonials from prisoners held at Rakevet. One detainee, referred to by the initials YH, had a broken jaw, shoulder and ribs, yet had received no medical treatment."
"Another, known as KHD, said Israeli prison guards punish the prisoners by breaking their thumbs. The reports are the latest to detail wide-scale abuse in Israel's prison system, as the country has ramped up its arrests of Palestinians amid its two-year genocidal war on the Gaza Strip. More than 9,200 Palestinians are currently detained in Israeli prisons, according to the latest figures from Palestinian prisoner rights group Addameer."
Dozens of Palestinian prisoners are being held indefinitely at Rakevet, an underground wing of the Ramla (Nitzan) prison, deprived of sunlight and subjected to extreme violence. Detainees have been reportedly assaulted, starved, and denied medical care despite serious injuries, including broken jaws, shoulders, ribs and thumbs. Interview conditions are described as a one-square-metre room where guards refuse to leave and prisoners are afraid to speak. More than 9,200 Palestinians are currently detained across Israeli prisons, many under administrative detention, while reports of killings, torture and sexual violence have emerged from facilities such as Sde Teiman. Israeli authorities have denied allegations of abuse.
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