Parents of Palestinians incarcerated in Israeli detention camps complain that prisoner authorities frequently harass and abuse them when they seek to visit their detained loved ones.
Israeli soldiers strip the families of visitation rights, insult or even attack them should they refuse to be strip-searched before being allowed into the detention facilities, according to a report released by the Palestinian Prisoner Society on Thursday.
The report brings to light the story of the father of detainee Ashraf al-Mathloum. He was attacked and beaten savagely by soldiers attending a checkpoint near Ofer Prison after he had resisted being strip-searched. The man was hospitalized at Ramallah Hospital, suffering multiple lacerations.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society also said that soldiers have on occasion tried to humiliate Palestinian women by searching them and scouring their bags in addition to trying to force them to be strip-searched.
The families called on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and other international humanitarian movements to intervene and stop these flagrant Israeli violations and illegal acts against Palestinian prisoners and their families.
More than 11,500 Palestinians, including women and children, are currently imprisoned in Israeli detention facilities, suffering harsh and life-threatening conditions.
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