The Hamas Movement said that the Israeli media’s confirmation of the death of approximately 27 Palestinian detainees from Gaza under torture, ill-treatment, and denial of their most basic rights is additional proof of the scope of crimes, violations, and atrocities to which Palestinian detainees are subjected to in the Israeli prisons.
The Movement stressed that “this is a war crime that requires urgent investigation by international human rights institutions.”
The Movement called on the International Committee of the Red Cross to carry out its legal and humanitarian obligations assigned to them, and to review the detainees’ detention conditions in light of the deliberate Israeli media blackout about their numbers and detention conditions.
At least 27 Palestinian detainees from the Gaza Strip have died in Israeli jails since October 7, an investigation by the Israeli daily Haaretz said on Thursday.
According to Haaretz, most of the detainees died in the detention facilities of “Sde Teiman” in the northern Negev and “Anatot”, located northeast of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.
Haaretz quoted the Israeli army as claiming that some detainees either “suffered from prior health conditions or were injured during the war”.
Last week, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said that it had identified 12 detainees who had died in Israeli jails since October 7, following the death of 78-year-old Rizeq Qideih, announced on Saturday.
