RAMALLAH (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Palestinian human rights organizations have revealed that Israeli occupation authorities continue to establish new camps to detain more Gazan prisoners, estimated to be in the thousands, with the latest being “Naftali Camp.”
The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Society stated in a joint press release that the occupation holds between 80 to 90 detainees from the Gaza Strip at “Naftali Camp,” based on testimonies from detainees who were recently visited.
The joint statement indicated that this camp is among several that the occupation has either newly established or repurposed after the war started, in light of the ongoing mass arrest campaigns that have affected thousands from Gaza.
The rights organizations pointed out that based on all recent visits to various camps where Gazan detainees are held, the conditions of detention are similar.
They added, “All those who were visited spoke at length about the interrogation period, where they all experienced systematic torture and shared shocking and horrifying accounts.”
The rights organizations clarified, “Occupation soldiers employed all means and methods of torture, turning everything in the prison structure into a tool for torturing and mistreating the prisoners.”
A lawyer who visited three detainees at “Naftali Camp” noted that the visit was accompanied by an Israeli soldier from the moment of entering the camp until the visit concluded.
He continued, “A container was designated as the space for the visit, divided into two halves, containing a closed plastic window without a phone and without lighting. If the door is closed, the lawyer cannot see the prisoner.”
