Ajith Sunghay, the UN’s human rights representative in the Palestinian territories, made the remarks at a press briefing in Geneva on Friday, speaking via video link from the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
“They described being beaten, humiliated, subjected to ill-treatment, and to what may amount to torture. They reported being blindfolded for long periods — some of them for several consecutive days,” he said.
Sunghay provided the information after talking to several released detainees, who said they had been held by Israeli forces at unknown locations for a period of 30 to 55 days.
Nearing 24,800 Palestinians, mostly women, children, and adolescents, have been killed so far in the Israeli military campaign that began on October 7 following an operation staged by Gaza’s Resistance movements.
The men Sunghay spoke to typically reported being taken to a place of detention in Gaza, blindfolded for hours, and then taken, mostly unclothed, to another detention center likely within the occupied Palestinian territories.
“The detention conditions are horrific, overall,” he said.
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