Rights group: Israel intentionally leaks scenes of Palestinian prisoners’ torture

September 7, 2024 - 22:0

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said efforts to undermine the resolve of prisoners by broadcasting torture scenes will not succeed.

“The leaking of these photos and videos is a deliberate act by the current settler government, headed by the fascist Minister [of National Security Ben-Gvir], with the aim of boasting about torturing prisoners,” the rights group said in a statement.

It said the practice was “part of the competition between the ministers of the current government over who tortures and kills Palestinians more”.

“The other goal … is to influence the image of the Palestinian prisoner in the collective consciousness …, in addition to using them as an additional tool for intimidation operations and spreading terror among Palestinian citizens.”