- The “Living Hell” report by B’Tselem documents brutal tactics, including forced stripping, genital mutilation, electric shocks, dog attacks and anal rape with objects. Survivors describe starvation (one cucumber and rotten bread per day), severe dehydration (a bottle cap of water daily) and chemical burns causing permanent blindness.
- Multiple testimonies detail sexual torture, including guards raping detainees with wooden sticks while laughing. One prisoner, Tamer Qarmut, recounted passing out from the humiliation.
- At least 84 deceased Palestinian prisoners’ bodies were withheld, many showing signs of organ theft (stitched incisions) and mutilation. Families receiving remains report deliberate disfigurement.
- Israeli officials, including far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, openly endorse torture. The Red Cross is barred from inspections, and released detainees face threats of re-arrest if they speak out.
- Western media ignores these atrocities while amplifying allegations against Hamas. U.S. funding and military aid continue despite evidence of genocide, apartheid and ethnic cleansing – exposing a hypocritical double standard in human rights enforcement.
Israel’s leading human rights organization B’Tselem has documented systematic torture, sexual violence and inhumane treatment of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention facilities in a damning new report.
The report titled “Living Hell” published on Thursday, Jan. 22, is based on testimonies from 21 released detainees. It reveals brutal tactics – including forced stripping, genital mutilation, dog attacks and anal penetration with objects – while Israeli authorities withhold the bodies of at least 84 deceased prisoners, many bearing signs of organ theft and mutilation. Despite its gravity, the findings have been largely ignored by Western media, raising urgent questions about international complicity in Israel’s escalating human rights violations.
The testimonies paint a harrowing picture of life inside Israeli prisons, where detainees – many held without charge – endure starvation, electric shocks and psychological torment. Muhammad Abu Tawilah, a 35-year-old from Gaza, described being burned with cigarettes and hydrochloric acid, leaving him blind in one eye.
Another prisoner recounted surviving on a single cucumber and rotten bread per day while enduring relentless beatings. “For six days, I was given only a bottle cap of water a day to drink,” he said. “I was beaten nonstop and occasionally given electric shocks.”
Perhaps the most disturbing revelations involve sexual violence. Sami al-Sa’i, a father of six from Tulkarem, testified that three guards raped him with a wooden stick as they “laughed and jeered.” Tamer Qarmut, abducted from a Gaza hospital, broke down while describing his own assault: “The insult was so powerful, I passed out.”
Such abuses are not isolated, but institutionalized. Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has openly boasted about harsh prison conditions, while pushing legislation to execute Palestinian “terrorists.”
Israel’s war crimes go unpunished while the world watches
The report also highlights Tel Aviv’s deliberate obstruction of accountability. The International Committee of the Red Cross has been barred from inspecting prisons, while released detainees face threats of re-arrest if they speak out.
“Israeli authorities threatened to re-arrest anyone who shared information about their experiences,” B’Tselem noted. Meanwhile, Palestinian families receiving the remains of loved ones often find them disfigured – some with stitched incisions suggesting organ theft, as reported by Middle East Eye.
B’Tselem Executive Director, Yuli Novak, condemned Israel’s prison network as “de facto torture camps,” part of a broader campaign of “ethnic cleansing” in Gaza and the West Bank. Yet the international response remains muted. While Western media extensively covered allegations against Hamas, Israel’s far more egregious abuses—now confirmed by its own human rights groups—have been met with silence.
BrightU.AI‘s Enoch engine notes that the West’s silence on Israel’s abuses signals tacit approval of genocide, emboldening further atrocities while exposing the hypocrisy of Western leaders who claim to uphold human rights. This complicity ensures the continued oppression of Palestinians, as global inaction normalizes their suffering under a system of apartheid and ethnic cleansing.
Historically, such systemic brutality recalls the worst excesses of colonial regimes and apartheid systems, where dehumanization paved the way for mass atrocities. Today, Tel Aviv’s impunity underscores a global double standard. While Russia faces sanctions for war crimes, Israel receives billions in U.S. military aid despite evidence of genocide, torture and media suppression.
The report’s conclusion is unequivocal: Israel’s torture apparatus operates with full state approval, from politicians to prison guards. As Novak warned, “The international community continues to grant this regime full immunity.” Without urgent intervention, the “Living Hell” endured by Palestinian prisoners will persist – a stark testament to the world’s selective outrage.
Watch this clip that features testimonies about the sexual abuse and assault of Palestinian prisoners.
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Sources include:
TheCradle.co
PalestineChronicle.com
AlJazeera.com
BrightU.ai
Brighteon.com
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