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Sun 26 Mar 2023 11:53 am - Jerusalem Time

The "Prisoners' Commission" documents testimonies of Palestinian youths who were beaten during arrest

Today, Sunday, the Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, quoting her lawyer, Jacqueline Al-Fararjeh, monitored the barbaric and arbitrary beatings and violations that harm them and their families during their detention.


Among these prisoners: the prisoner Walid Hammad (24 years) from the city of Ramallah, who was stopped at the “Mahsoum” “Arael” pilot checkpoint, and then he was severely beaten all over his body by the occupation soldiers, and he was cursed with obscene words, and he was transferred to a nearby camp. The prisoner was kept blindfolded and handcuffed for three days, and then transferred to the "Etzion" detention and investigation center.


While the prisoner Muhammad Abu Namous (24 years old) from Aqabat Jabr camp / Jericho, was subjected to a violation by the Israeli occupation forces, as the Israeli army raided his house at 3 am, and they broke the door and severely beat him with the butts of their rifles, and one of the soldiers stepped on his arm He was transferred to the “dco” in Jericho, where he remained for 5 (hours), and then to the “Etzion” detention and investigation center.


The prisoner Abd al-Rahim Akila (23 years) from Jericho was subjected to the same policy when his house was raided at 3:00 in the morning. The door of his house was broken and a dog accompanying the army attacked him and pushed the prisoner to the ground. After that, the soldier hit the prisoner on his ear, which is still in pain. They took him to a nearby camp and then to the Etzion detention and interrogation center.


The Prisoners Authority confirmed that all prisoners detained by the occupation authorities are subjected to several different forms of physical and psychological torture during their arrest, through interrogation, and even their stay in Israeli detention centers.


In another statement, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said, "There is an overcrowding with the number of prisoners and detainees inside the " Etzion Detention Center," which numbered 33 detainees."


In a statement issued by its lawyer, the Commission stated that most of the young prisoners who were arrested spent two days and more in army camps and police stations, before they were taken to the "Etzion" detention center.


She added: "The prisoners inside the prison are subjected to the most severe types of psychological and physical pressure, and the occupation is trying to undermine their resolve by depriving them of their life rights, by detaining them in sections that are not suitable for human living."


The Commission continued: "Some prisoners were brutally and barbarously beaten during their arrest, their homes were destroyed and vandalized during the raids, and their families were terrorized with sniffer dogs."


It is noteworthy that Etzion Prison (Etzion Detention Center) is located in the south of the occupied West Bank, and is located on lands north of the city of Hebron, within the "Gush Etzion" settlement bloc, and is considered the worst among the detention centers.

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The "Prisoners' Commission" documents testimonies of Palestinian youths who were beaten during arrest