When Israelis rioted in July in support of 10 soldiers accused of gang-raping a Palestinian prisoner, there was disgust and shock around the world.
But the horrifying sexual attack was far from an aberration.
Firsthand testimonies reveal that Israeli personnel are systematically inflicting rape and other forms of sexual violence, torture and cruel abuse on thousands of Palestinians held in a network of prison camps.
While Israel has perpetrated these kinds of attacks on Palestinians in its prisons for decades, they have increased dramatically in quantity and intensity since 7 October, amid an atmosphere of state-sanctioned and directed revenge.
B’Tselem is aware of at least 60 Palestinians deaths in Israeli detention since 7 October, though the figure could be higher. ….more
