Abu Al-Hummos: "The Independent’s Report Confirms the Occupation’s Brutality and Criminality Against Palestinian Detainees"

March 31, 2025

The Head of the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, Raed Abu Al-Hummos, responded this morning (Monday) to a report published by the British newspaper The Independent on Sunday. The report shed light on testimonies from Palestinian detainees who endured severe torture by occupation forces, represented in beatings, electric shocks, rape, and stabbing.

Abu Al-Hummos stated, "The Independent’s revelations expose the grave and systematic violations Palestinian detainees are subjected to. They face extreme abuse at the hands of occupation soldiers, prison administration forces, and specialized units, with no oversight or legal constraints on the investigation process.
Their fate is determined by the mood of the Israeli interrogators and soldiers.

He further emphasized, "The failure of international organizations to uphold their humanitarian and moral responsibilities, using the occupation’s refusal to cooperate as an excuse, has contributed to create an unprecedented reality in the history of the Palestinian Captive Movement.
Since October 7, 2023, the conditions inside Israeli prisons have become the most violent and lawless in recent history, while the international community remains a passive spectator to these atrocities."

Abu Al-Hummos pointed out that torture, sexual violence, electric shocks, stabbing, deliberate medical neglect, starvation, and extrajudicial killings are all systematic war crimes for which Israeli leaders must be held accountable.

He warned against allowing the occupation further impunity in its treatment of detainees , particularly in newly established detention sites, both known and undisclosed, that have effectively become living graves.

He called for serious attention to The Independent’s findings and the harrowing testimonies it presented. He also stressed the urgency of international intervention to put an end to these Israeli crimes and to ensure access to the military facilities that have been turned into detention centers, where some of the most horrific abuses and crimes are believed to be taking place.