PALESTINE
Thu 15 Jun 2023 10:26 am - Jerusalem Time
Disclosure of the testimonies of two young men who were beaten and abused during their arrest
The Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs revealed the arrest certificates of young men who were subjected to beatings and abuse by the Israeli occupation forces during the arrest and investigation process.
After her visit, the commission's lawyer, Heba Igbaria, met the prisoner Khalil Muhammad Abu Ghazaleh (16 years old) from the town of Al-Tur, in the district of Jerusalem, where he said that he was arrested from his home at around five in the morning, after a number of police and intelligence men arrived and stormed his room while he was sleeping from his bed, and took him out. They left him directly from the house and did not allow him to change his clothes, then they took him to the interrogation rooms and kept him in the corridor for two hours, kneeling on his knees with his face against the wall and forbidden to move, then they brought him in for interrogation. He returned to complete the investigation, and the prisoner stayed in Al-Mascobiyeh for 7 days, and then he was transferred to Al-Damoon Prison, “the Cubs Section,” where he is still there.
Ighbariya also met the prisoner, Ibrahim Sultan Al-Zumar (15 years), from the Askar camp in the district of Nablus governorate, and the prisoner said that the occupation forces arrested him from inside a supermarket at midnight, and a large number of soldiers entered and arrested him, then they beat him upon arrest while he was handcuffed to the back. He was blindfolded in order to get him into the prisoners' truck. Inside the truck, the soldiers continued to assault him and beat him arbitrarily with their hands, feet, and the butts of their rifles. As a result, he suffered many wounds, bruises, and bruises. He also suffered a deep wound in his right foot. He also suffered a broken finger in his hand. They entered him directly for interrogation, and he asked the interrogator to give him first aid and treat him, and clean the wounds and blood, but the interrogator refused and instead of treating him, two soldiers entered him and assaulted and beat him, then tied his feet in addition to his hands and interrogated him for two hours while he was in pain and stained with his blood.
The prisoner continued that from the Hawara detainee he was transferred to the Detention and Interrogation Detention Center in Petah Tikva, and he arrived at dawn hours, then they put him in a solitary cell, and inside the cell he used the existing water bottle to wash the blood that filled his face and feet, and even in Petah Tikva they did not provide him with any treatment or first aid. And he remained in detention for 20 days, during these days he was given a few meals, and there were days when they did not bring him any meal and he remained hungry, but some of the food he got was wrapped in papers, Ibrahim used to take these papers and stick them to the place of his wounds.
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Disclosure of the testimonies of two young men who were beaten and abused during their arrest