RAMALLAH, (PIC)
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) has warned against the Israeli crime of enforced disappearance committed against Gaza detainees, following the Israeli Knesset’s approval to extend the validity of the regulations that deprive Gaza detainees of meeting with lawyers for an additional four months.
The Prisoners’ Society said in a statement on Wednesday, “Through this step, the Israeli occupation intends to commit more crimes against Gaza detainees without any effective surveillance, and to use these regulations as a cover for its continuous crimes against prisoners of Gaza.”
The Society added that the continued deprivation of Gaza detainees from meeting with lawyers means more rounds of torture, abuse, starvation, humiliation, and detention under inhuman conditions.
The PPS statement pointed out that the appeals to international organizations did not lead to any clear information that could reassure the families of Gaza detainees.
The institutions interested in the issue of the Palestinian prisoners cited, in several previous statements, testimonies on torture by detainees who were released from Ofer prison.
The Israeli occupation forces have reportedly acknowledged the execution of a detainee in jail and the death of a group of detainees in the Sde Teman camp in Beersheba, in addition to two Gazan workers, the identity of one of whom was revealed.
According to latest data, about 661 detainees from Gaza are currently languishing in Israeli prisons as “illegitimate combatants”, in addition to more than 50 Gazan women detained in Damon prison, noting that 8 women of whom have been recently released.
The PPS called on international human rights organizations to intervene urgently and immediately to arrange visits for the prisoners and to pressure Israel to reveal the fate of Gaza detainees, and to put an end to the crime of enforced disappearance.
