Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies revealed that Israeli Prison Service (IPS) deliberately escalate punitive measures against Palestinian prisoners especially in winter season with the aim of increasing their suffering.
Riyad al-Ashqar researcher concerned with Palestinian detainees’ affairs said that Palestinian captives complain about the IPS’s storming operations since they are usually conducted at night under chilly weather conditions.
Israeli prison jailers deliberately choose times after midnight hours in severe cold hours to let Israeli heavily-armed Special Forces suddenly break into Palestinian captives’ rooms and evacuate them under the threat of weapons.
The detainees have then to wait outside their wards in open large yards with light clothes on usually sleeping clothes since the incursions are carried out all of a sudden while detainees are asleep Ashqar elaborated.
Israeli jailers tend to ruin captives’ belongings and room contents during search operations which usually last for long hours. The IPS has carried out over eight storming operations since the beginning of January. Prisoners in desert jails such as the Negev prison suffer the most since temperature degrees are usually below zero Ashqar highlighted.
