Thread by @SaulStaniforth

Israel has murdered another Palestinian hostage held in an Israeli prison. Sayel Rajab Abu Nasr was abducted by Israeli forces in November 2023 & was subjected to brutal torture whilst held.

Israel currently holds thousands of Palestinians hostage. A thread.

"We faced torture & beatings in prison.. they kept us under the rain, they kept us naked.. they electrocuted us. We also got skin diseases.. there was no food.. handcuffed and beaten..."

A Palestinian recounts being held hostage for a year in an Israeli prison. From February

Yuli Novak from @btselem: "Ongoing abuse, daily violence... humilitation, sleep deprivation, people are starved. The Israeli prison system as a whole, in regard to Palestinians, turned into a network of torture camps"

@btselem .@UbaiAboudi in April: "The Israeli prison system.. aims to maintain apartheid & the subjugation of the Palestinian people.. this system aims to break the Palestinian will, the Palestinian resilience"

@btselem @UbaiAboudi In January 2024 it was reported that Israel had not only banned Palestinians from visiting family members in Israeli prisons, they also banned lawyers from visiting too.

@btselem @UbaiAboudi Israel operates administrative detention, which means they can lock up Palestinians without charge or trial indefinitely & they don't have to produce any evidence. And as @antloewenstein explains, that goes along with starvation, abuse & torture

@btselem @UbaiAboudi @antloewenstein Clip from January 2024:

There are over 8,000 Palestinians locked up in Israeli jails, & 3,200 of them are held under 'administrative detention', where they are imprisoned without trial or charge & Israel don't even have to produce any evidence.

@btselem @UbaiAboudi @antloewenstein "They used sticks and forced them into the detainees anus & caused an internal bleed. Other detainees had broken skulls.. due to the beating & torture"

Khaled Zabarga, a Palestinian lawyer, reports the testimony of Palestinians held in an Israeli prison

@btselem @UbaiAboudi @antloewenstein Surgeon Issam Abu Ajwa recounts being kidnapped by the IDF & taken to an Israeli prison, where he was tortured & beaten. He also reports how Israeli doctors refused to treat Palestinians who were hurt and took part in the abuse.

@btselem @UbaiAboudi @antloewenstein @MustafaBarghou1: "Palestinians are kept in Israeli jails without due process or [a] fair trial... they are held under administrative detention frequently, which can go on for 20yrs without a trial or charges"

Clip from November 2023

@btselem @UbaiAboudi @antloewenstein @MustafaBarghou1 Ayed Abu Eqtaish from @DCIPalestine explains how Palestinian children found guilty by Israel of throwing stones can be sentenced to up to 20yrs, held in solitary confinement, & are often imprisoned in Israel where families find it difficult to visit them

@btselem @UbaiAboudi @antloewenstein @MustafaBarghou1 @DCIPalestine Said Abdulrahman Maarouf, a paediatrician, describes how Israeli soldiers took him from the hospital where he works, He was then locked up for 45 days, shackled, starved & tortured. His crime? Looking after children. Clip from February 2024

@btselem @UbaiAboudi @antloewenstein @MustafaBarghou1 @DCIPalestine "There are currently more than 180 minors held in Israeli jails, many for as little as throwing stones at soldiers"

Clip from October 2023

@btselem @UbaiAboudi @antloewenstein @MustafaBarghou1 @DCIPalestine Part of the testimony of an Israeli doctor where he confirms that Israeli medics refuse to give Palestinian prisoners anesthesia during operations. But he says there's no need for a cover up because Israelis can do almost anything they want to Gazans

@btselem @UbaiAboudi @antloewenstein @MustafaBarghou1 @DCIPalestine .@Hind_Gaza reported on how Palestinian hostages held in Israeli prisons are abused & tortured. Clip from August last year

@btselem @UbaiAboudi @antloewenstein @MustafaBarghou1 @DCIPalestine @Hind_Gaza A report by Hani Mahmoud in February on how Palestinians being released from Israeli prisons have horrific health conditions. The Palestinians themselves recount being beaten regularly, tortured, deprived of food & water, & being sexually abused

@btselem @UbaiAboudi @antloewenstein @MustafaBarghou1 @DCIPalestine @Hind_Gaza From April: Israel holds 3,500 Palestinians under 'administrative detention' - this means they are detained without charge or trial & they (& their lawyers) aren't shown the evidence against them! They are also routinely beaten & tortured

@btselem @UbaiAboudi @antloewenstein @MustafaBarghou1 @DCIPalestine @Hind_Gaza From earlier this month:

▪️10,800 Palestinians are locked up in Israeli prisons
▪️More than 450 of those are children
▪️3,629 are held indefinitely without charge or trial
▪️73 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli prisons since Oct 2023