Human Rights Watch reports testimony from Gaza medics held in Israeli prisons.
Torture is now the ‘norm’ for Israel and being discussed in parliament to legalise it – it is evil personified – Mark
Palestinian healthcare workers were rounded up from medical facilities in Gaza, sent to detention centres in Israel, and then severely mistreated and some tortured, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
An HRW report released on Monday detailed the alleged torture, threats of rape and sexual abuse by Israeli forces, denial of medical care and poor detention conditions that doctors, nurses and paramedics have faced since the war in Gaza began in October.
The detentions are part of the reason for the collapse of Gaza’s healthcare system since Israel began the war, which has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians.
“The Israeli government’s mistreatment of Palestinian healthcare workers has continued in the shadows and needs to immediately stop,” said Balkees Jarrah, acting Middle East director at the human rights organisation.
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