RAMALLAH, (PIC)
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) condemned in the strongest terms on Monday the “Sde Tieman” rape crime against a Palestinian prisoner from Gaza.
The PPS said, “the Israeli crime at Sde Teiman is one of thousands of violations that have been committed by the Israeli occupation forces against Gaza detainees since the beginning of the genocide war on Gaza.”
The story went viral on social media as one of Gaza detainees was subjected to physical and sexual assault by a group of Israeli prison guards.
The PPS stressed that the criminal attack reveals the falsehood of the Israeli allegations about the intention of investigating torture crimes in Sde Teiman prison, noting that other Israeli prisons, such as the Negev prison, are also witnessing the same heinous crimes.
In light of the racist statements of Israeli leaders such as Itamar Ben-Gvir, which encourage the killing of Palestinian prisoners, it is obvious that these violations are part of a systematic criminal campaign against Palestinian prisoners, the PPS said.
It added that the Israeli calls for closing the prison and transferring its detainees to another jail, are mere attempts to cover up the ongoing crimes, and do not reflect an actual solution.
The PPS called for an urgent international investigation into the crime to hold the Israeli prison guards accountable, in light of the failure of the international community and inability of human rights organizations to take effective steps to stop the Israeli genocide and crimes against the Palestinian prisoners.
It also called for forming an urgent UN investigation committee, to address the horrific crimes and violations to which detainees are exposed to, and appealed to the international community to immediately intervene to save Palestinian prisoners from these brutal crimes.
Earlier on Monday, Israeli protesters stormed the Sde Teiman detention center following the arrest of ten Israeli soldiers for interrogation about torturing prisoners from Gaza, while Israeli and parliamentary figures expressed their solidarity with those involved in the incident.
