The report said Israel’s prison service held more than 9,400 ‘security detainees’ as of the end of June, and some have been held in secret without access to lawyers or respect for their legal rights
Members of the UN Security Council listen as Riyad Mansour, Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during a meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, on July 26.since the Oct. 7 attacks faced waterboarding, sleep deprivation, electric shocks, the release of dogs, and other forms of torture and mistreatment.
“The testimonies gathered by my office and other entities indicate a range of appalling acts, such as waterboarding and the release of dogs on detainees, amongst other acts, in flagrant violation of international human rights law and international humanitarian law,” said U.N. Human Rights Chief Volker Türk in a statement.
Authors of the report said its content was shared with the Israeli government. The Associated Press has contacted the Israeli diplomatic mission for comment. “Some detainees said dogs were released on them, and others said they were subjected to waterboarding, or that their hands were tied and they were suspended from the ceiling,” it added. “Some women and men also spoke of sexual and gender-based violence.”
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