115 detainees in Itzion detention center encounter death every day

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115 detainees in Itzion detention center encounter death every day

April 30, 2024

The advocate of the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs confirmed that it goes an upward curve to the worst in Itzion detention center, in which 115 detainees are held,since October 7, as it witnesses retaliatory suppressive measures.

Soldiers intend to break into rooms for inspection, knock on iron doors to prevent detainees from sleeping, cursing, threats, attacks and beating without any reason.

Moreover, the IPS uses food as a means of torture and slow killing against detainees, who lost weight and their bodies became vulnerable. They serve cold food in small quantities, one slice of bread for two detainees and two eggs for 12 detainees.

In a protest against these measures, detainees returned their meals to put pressure on the IPS to back down from these measures, but in vain.

Besides the above, soldiers took all towels and threw them in the garbage, so detainees wouldn’t be able to bathe.

The advocate of the commission stated that detainee Yousef Dar Aldeek, from Kufr Ne’meh/ Ramallah, will start a hunger strike soon if he is not transferred from Itzion, as he is held there since 70 days. He is sentenced to 6 months of administrative detention, noting that the majority of detainees are not aware of their administrative detention sentences or the its period.

Regarding detainees Amer Baajawi from Jenin, they brought him carried to the visit room as he can’t walk alone due to his injury during a previous invasion to Jenin. He was shot in the neck, chest, leg and face, where he suffers from a bad health condition and his colleagues help him. However, the IPS ignores his health condition deliberately and only gives him painkillers, whereas he needs intensive medical care.