The occupied Palestinian territorial branch of the United Nations Office for Human Rights (OHCHR) said Israel must “an emergency end to systemic torture and…bad training for detained Palestinians” because it shows that at least 75 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli detention since then. 7, 2023, Al Jazeera Report.
Ohchr said in a statement that between Hamas’ attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023 and August 31 this year, at least 75 Palestinians, including 17-year-old Palestinians, died in Israeli custody. They include 49 people from Gaza, 24 from the West Bank and two Palestinian citizens from Israel.
“The Israeli authorities intentionally imposed conditions of detention, which amounted to torture or other forms of ill-treatment and resulted in the death of the detainees,” the statement said. He added, “The culture of impunity and denial of visits from the Red Cross (ICRC) can be predicted, and it can be predicted that the extreme violence of Palestinians in Israeli prisons has caused to the Palestinians.”
In addition to the 75 confirmed deaths, Ohio said Israeli authorities released information indicating that 19 other detainees died, but there was not enough data to verify their identity.
At least five Palestinians, including a 16-year-old boy, died in Israeli customs shortly after being shot by Israeli troops and in some cases failed to offer medical assistance.
