The health situation of the Palestinians languishing in the Israeli occupation's custody is deteriorating due to persistent medical negligence, severe shortages of medicines, and lack of medical follow-up, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs in Palestine reported in a statement Wednesday..
The statement further explained that this situation has engendered numerous morbidities among the prisoners, with the commission's legal crew documenting an extremely complex humanitarian situation engulfing them in various Israeli dungeons.
Following field visits to these prisons, the statement highlighted that the situation reflected a harsh, dehumanised environment at the detention and interrogation sites, with repeated complaints reported about daily repression and intimidation, marked by dehumanised inspections and collective punishment, the statement warned.
After the crew huddled with those prisoners, they complained about severe shortages of blankets and clothing, as well as being constantly bereft of familial visits and subjected to sudden relocation between sections and prisons in a repeated manner, which is manipulated as a vehicle for psychological and physical pressure.
The Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office reported that the Israeli occupation has ramped up repression measures during December, with prison units conducting cascading campaigns throughout the month, marked by beatings and collective dehumanisation against the prisoners.
The office further noted heightened and harsh solitary confinements amid extreme cold and deprivation of basic life necessities, holding the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the safety of those prisoners, as well as the consequences of the policy of isolation and repression.
It called for international and human rights organizations to spring into action to halt the crimes inside the prisons.
