Palestinian prisoners and human rights activists have made serious revelations about increasing torture, humiliation, poor medical facilities and inhumane conditions in Israeli prisons.
According to Arab media reports, Israel’s Minister of National Security and Prison System Overseer, Atmar Bengweir, has been shown in some videos touting the harshness of prisons as a success of his policy.
Palestinian photojournalist and ex-prisoner Moaz Amarna has said that prisoners face torture and humiliation in prisons, much of which is hidden from the cameras.
According to Arab media, Moaz Amarna was taken into administrative detention twice after the Gaza war and was held in prison for a total of 17 months without charge.
Muaz Amarna says that during the imprisonment my weight decreased to 35 kg.
According to Adamir, the organization of Palestinian prisoners, there are about 3,200 prisoners in Israeli prisons, compared to 1,300 before October 7, 2023.
According to Adamir’s lawyer Sahar Francis, the situation worsened after October 7, family meetings and Red Cross access were suspended, lawyers were not allowed access for the first 4-5 months, food, clothes and books were confiscated, while daily raids and violence in prisons increased.
Muaz Amarna has stated that I was deprived of glasses for 6 months, grossly neglected in medical treatment and partially paralyzed due to leg infection.
He said that even though my artificial eye implant was infected, I was not transferred to the hospital, the guards in the prison called the Palestinian prisoners animals and threatened to kill them.
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention declared the first detention of Muaz Amarna illegal and discriminatory in 2024.
According to Sahar Francis, Bin Guerre’s own statements, in which he accepts direct responsibility for the conditions in the prisons, could be important for a possible future action at the International Criminal Court.
According to Arab media, when asked to comment on the revelations made by the Palestinian prisoners, Ben Guer, the Israeli Ministry of National Security and the Israeli army did not receive a response.
According to the report of the Arab media, Moaz Amarna was threatened with arrest again after his release.
Muaz Amarna says that I am still living in fear and severe depression.