Pincers, new Israeli torture tool

An Israeli investigator has forced Noor a Palestinian minor of the town of Housan in Beit Lahm ('Bethlehem') to confess using a pincers.

The Palestinian Information Center said the Israeli investigator - called Yousi - has removed with a pincers a part of the braces from the mouth of 15-year-old Mohammad Hamamra to force him to admit he threw stones on Israeli soldiers.

The mouth of Noor bleed and the investigator threatened he would remove all the teeth with the pincers if Noor did not confess.

Noor was arrested a month ago, taken to the Jewish settlement of Pitar and left in a closed room for three hours, adds the Body.