Palestinian prisoner tortured in Israeli custody

A Palestinian prisoner has been tortured in Israeli custody during a 33-day interrogation period, a lawyer for the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said in a statement on Monday.

According to PPS, 65-year-old Fayez Attar, from the besieged Gaza Strip, was detained in June. Over the course of 33 days while being “interrogated” by Israeli officers, Attar said he was exposed to multiple forms of physical and psychological torture, including severe beating, verbal abuse, and prolonged handcuffing.

He was then placed in prison cells with “pro-Israel informants,” another tactic used by Israel to extract confessions from Palestinian political prisoners.

While being held, prison authorities continued to beat him, and also covered his head with a bag that almost suffocated him, according to the PPS statement.

Attar is married and has nine children, one of whom was killed by Israeli forces, PPS said. Rights groups have long criticized Zionist Regime for the mistreatment of Palestinians in Israeli jails, as well as the illegality of their imprisonment.

Meanwhile, Israeli doctors working in Israeli prisons have been condemned for their complicity in the torture of Palestinian prisoners during interrogations, in violation of medical ethics and international law.