Repeated attacks and retaliatory penalties against detainees in Negev prison

 

 March 10, 2024 

 

 The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs published the details of torture and assault practiced against detainees during arrest and inside prisons. 

 

 The lawyer of the Commission confirmed that a group of heavily armed soldiers invaded the house of the detainee Yousef Allan,30, from Bait Our/ Ramallah in 11/10/2023, inspected the house and destroyed its belongings. They arrested him and moved him to Ofer camp and beat him severely all over the way, causing bruises on his body. He was kept under the sun for long hours without food or water, and then transferred to Negev prison after 15 days. He is sentenced to 6 months of administrative detention and spent three years previously. 

 

 The second case is the detainee Baraa Mafarja, 24, from Bait Leqia/ Ramallah. He is arrested since 13/12/2021 and sentenced to 28 months. He was exposed to severe beating 9 times since the beginning of war, as soldiers intended to attack detainees during the counting process. They threw him on the ground and stepped on his face which caused teeth loss and broke his spectacles.

 

 The last cases is detainee Qasem Abu Awwad, 40, who was attacked by Yamaz , Drour and Mitsada special forces last October, as they deliberately invaded the sections and attacked detainees without any reason. Thus, he had an injury in the head, bleeding in his nose and intense pain in the back, that he could not sleep well. He is detained since 6/6/2023, and sentenced to 23 years.