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Mon 15 Jul 2024 1:12 pm - Jerusalem Time

Horrific testimonies from inside Israeli Ofer prison: torture, food deprivation, and sexual harassment

Khaled Mahajna, lawyer for the Prisoners and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission, reported horrific testimonies from detainees from the Gaza Strip, during his visit to Ofer prison.


Mahajneh said in a statement issued by the Prisoners' Affairs Authority and the Prisoners' Club, quoting the detainee (M.A.), that some of the detainees in Ofer were subjected to sexual harassment after being stripped of their clothes and beaten in sensitive places, and they are currently suffering from difficult health and psychological conditions.


He added that police dogs attack detainees and maul their bodies while their hands are tied behind their heads, in addition to subjecting them to ghost operations, accompanied by beatings.


He pointed out that there are more than 100 sick and wounded detainees without treatment, in light of severe overcrowding in the prison rooms, which are cement rooms that lack ventilation and are no more than five square meters in size, and contain iron beds without mattresses or blankets, and he is detained in each one. Of these, 25 are detainees, the majority of whom sleep on the floor.


He stated that the detainees eat while handcuffed, and each detainee has one meal throughout the day, which consists of 100 grams of bread, a cucumber or tomato, and a very small amount of milk.


He stated that the bathroom is exposed inside the detainee's rooms, in addition to the presence of surveillance cameras inside the rooms focusing on the bathrooms, while the duration of showering is still limited to one minute only.


Mahajneh, quoting the detainees, pointed out that Ofer detention center includes two torture wards inside the rooms, and the detainees cannot be seen during their torture, but only their screams can be heard. Recently, the occupation soldiers assaulted all the detainees in Ofer, causing many of them to have their limbs broken.


Lawyer Mahajna quoted one of the detainees, who was transferred from the "Sde Teman" camp to "Ofer", as saying that one of the sick detainees was martyred after the occupation soldiers refused to provide him with the necessary treatment.


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Horrific testimonies from inside Israeli Ofer prison: torture, food deprivation, and sexual harassment

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