Israel Denies Prisoners Water As Systematic ‘Collective Punishment’: Report – The Cradle

 Israel Denies Prisoners Water As Systematic ‘Collective Punishment’: Report

The documents detailing the abuse were made public only after legal pressure compelled Israeli authorities to lift a secrecy order that had been in place for months

Haaretz reported on 31 December that Israeli authorities have disclosed internal reports documenting that Palestinian security prisoners were denied access to drinking water for hours at a time, practices described by prisoners as “collective punishment,” according to materials released by the Justice Ministry.

The reports were authored by representatives of Israel’s Public Defender’s Office following visits to Ketziot Prison in southern Israel during May, June, and September 2024.

During the first two visits, monitors recorded a policy of restricting access to drinking water for extended periods.

According to prisoner testimonies cited in the reports, the denial of water was systematic in some sections, lasting “about half the day,” and imposed as punishment rather than for any maintenance or logistics-related reasons.

The Justice Ministry sent six of the reports to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) on Tuesday, after previously withholding them on grounds of “national security” and concerns about potential harm to captives held in Gaza.

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