Prisoners & Detainees
Israeli rights groups document 22 detainees shot by guards in occupation prisons
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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Two Israeli human rights organizations have received accounts from at least 22 detainees, most of them Palestinian, describing being shot by riot forces in Israeli occupation prisons, Shehab Wire reported. The detainees sustained serious wounds from the shootings, according to the testimonies.
The disclosures emerged from documentation efforts by the two rights groups tracking conditions and incidents within the occupation's detention facilities.
