Hamas calls on ICRC to check conditions of Palestinian prisoners
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Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas demanded that Israeli authorities uncover the fate of Palestinians imprisoned by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Gaza.
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Palestinian citizens look at the residential building of the Khalifa family destroyed in an Israeli strike in Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023 (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has asked the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to look into the maltreatment of Palestinians held in Israeli jails, according to a statement issued on Saturday.
It is worth noting that the Palestinian Commission for Detainees and ex-Detainees Affairs recently confirmed that as a result of the most recent arrest campaigns since October 7, the number of newly detained Palestinians exceeded 4,605, adding that among them are 147 women, including those arrested from the occupied 1948 territories and the Gaza Strip.
According to the Hamas statement, "We call on the ICRC and other international agencies involved in monitoring the conditions and rights of prisoners to fulfill their legal responsibilities, investigate and shed light on the violations and systematic torture of our detainees in the prisons of the Zionist occupant [Israel]."
Hamas also demanded that Israeli authorities uncover the fate of Palestinians imprisoned by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Gaza.
Earlier, Israeli occupation Police Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for the daily execution of the longest-serving Palestinian prisoners affiliated with Hamas for every day an Israeli captive is not released.
Ben-Gvir called for an end to negotiations with Hamas, advocating for a decisive approach. He stated that if Israeli hostages were not released daily, a "member of the elite" would be executed.
In another context, Ben-Gvir admitted that "Hamas has not been defeated after 73 days of fighting, and it was not deterred on October 7."
Ben-Gvir's remarks came shortly after he instructed the Israeli Prison Service Commissioner to ready an underground facility, which has been unused for years and is deemed unfit, for Palestinian Resistance fighters detained during Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
Palestinian prisoners in dire conditions; West Bank arrests skyrocket
WAFA news agency reported, on December 3, that six Palestinian detainees held in Israeli prisons were tortured to death by the Israeli occupation, citing a statement by the Palestinian Commission for Detainees and ex-Detainees Affairs.
This comes as part of the systematic campaign of assaults against Palestinian detainees and prisoners since October 7.
The six Palestinians who were martyred as a result of Israeli torture are Omar Daraghmeh from Tubas, Arafat Hamdan from Ramallah, Majed Zaqoul from Gaza, Abdel Rahman Marei from Salfit, Thaer Abu Assab from Qalqilya, and a martyr whose identity was not disclosed.
The statement underscored that alongside severe torture, the occupation prison authorities have been cracking down on detained Palestinians by sending them to isolation and preventing them from any form of communication with the outside world, including their family members and lawyers.
Released Palestinian prisoner Yazan al-Hasanat explains how the IOF treated #Palestinian prisoners since October 7; electronic appliances and clothes were taken away, their break time was limited, and they were barely given any food to live on.
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) November 27, 2023
Yazan al-Hasanat was liberated by… pic.twitter.com/NKJcQQNNqh
