This Friday, January 19, Ajith Sunghay, the representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, denounced the ill-treatment that Palestinian prisoners allegedly suffered at the hands of the Israeli army.
“One man said he only had access to a shower once during his 55 days in detention. There are reports of men who were later released, but only in diapers.” This Friday, January 19, in Geneva, Ajith Sunghay, the representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, blamed the Israeli army , of mistreating Israeli prisoners after receiving numerous witness statements.
In fact, thousands of men have been arrested by IDF forces in the Gaza Strip since Israel and Hamas' war began, BFMTV reports. Ajith Sunghay added that some were being held in “generally appalling conditions.”
“They described being beaten, humiliated, abused and tortured. They said they were blindfolded for long periods of time, some even for several days in a row,” said the statement from the representative of the UN Higher Education Office Commissioner for Human Rights. Others “described being beaten, humiliated, abused and tortured. They reported being blindfolded for extended periods of time, some even for several days in a row.”
For its part, the State of Israel explained to our AFP colleagues that “the detainees will be treated in accordance with international law” and confided that “persons who do not participate in terrorist activities will be released”, while “for suspected terrorists” this The case requires that they “give up their clothing so that they can be searched and to ensure that they are not hiding explosive vests or other weapons.”