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Israeli occupation forces have conducted extensive raids across several prisons on the first anniversary of the ‘Al-Aqsa Flood Operation’, which took place on 7 October 2023.
Brutal assaults accompanied the raids on Palestinian prisoners.
A joint report by the governmental Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club provides testimonies from the prisons, confirming that prisoners were subjected to mistreatment and beatings as part of a growing policy of collective punishment since the beginning of the current war of extermination.
The report further noted that the Israel Prison Service (IPS) launched wide scale raids in several prisons on 7 October this year, in line with the collective punishment strategy pursued by the Israeli occupation authorities against prisoners.
Legal reports conveyed by specialist teams revealed assaults and mistreatment of prisoners in several prisons, including Gilboa, Ofer, Damon, Rimonim and Ramon.
Prisoners reported that Israeli forces stormed all sections of Ofer prison, including the children’s ward, sprayed them with gas and physically assaulted them, causing minor injuries, as part of the escalating attacks since the start of the war on Gaza.
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