Israeli prison guards have taken photos and videos of their abuse of Palestinian detainees, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Saturday. The Israeli Prison Service claimed this was part of a “routine exercise”.
Palestinian prisoners have reported being subject to violence, kicking, punching blows to the testicles and other forms of severe abuse and humiliation.
According to the photos and videos obtained by Haaretz, dozens of Palestinian detainees were shown laying on their stomachs in handcuffs, some stripped of their clothing, while a combat dog barks at them.
Israeli Prison Service personnel in the security wing of Megiddo Prison handcuffed and humiliated detainees on Friday morning, according to Haaretz.
In response to the video of the detainees being abused and barked at by dogs, the Prison Service said that it “maintains an operational routine for the safety of the prison inmates and the public. In this case, too, in an operation that includes intelligence [gathering], soldiers of the ‘Nachshon’ unit…raided terrorist cells, searched them and seized assault weapons and prohibited materials.” ….more