Israel used dogs, waterboarding on Palestinian detainees from Gaza, UN report says

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******* used dogs, waterboarding on ************ detainees from Gaza, UN report says

By Emma Farge

GENEVA (Reuters) – Thousands of Palestinians have been forcibly removed from Gaza, sometimes from ***** shelters, and dragged into detention in ******* where some have been tortured and dozens have *****, according to a U.N. human rights office report on Tuesday.

Many of those seized in Gaza since the war began on Oct. 7 were taken at checkpoints as they fled *******’s military offensive or from the schools and hospitals where they were sheltering, said the 23-page report based primarily on interviews with released detainees and other victims and witnesses.

Often, they were blindfolded and shackled before being transported to ******* and placed in “cage-like” military centres and forced to wear nothing but diapers for prolonged periods, it said. The U.N. report said 53 detainees ***** in custody.

“The testimonies gathered by my Office and other entities indicate a range of appalling acts, such as waterboarding and the release of dogs on detainees, amongst other acts, in flagrant violation of international human rights law and international humanitarian law,” said ******* Nations High Commissioner Volker Turk in a statement accompanying the report.

He called for their immediate release as well as the release of the remaining hostages from among the 253 kidnapped in ******* in the Oct. 7 attacks in which 1,200 people were *******.

The ******** military has said it is investigating allegations of mistreatment of detainees at facilities in ******* but has declined to comment on specific cases. It plans a phase out of the Sde Teiman camp in the Negev desert which was cited both in the U.N. report and by Palestinians rights group as a location of detainee ******.

Reports of mistreatment of detainees in ******** prisons have been growing in recent months.

Generally they were held in secret, without being given a reason for their detention or access to a lawyer, the report said.

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The issue of detainees has added to international pressure on ******* over its conduct of the Gaza war, now approaching the start of its 11th month. In May, the U.S. State Department said it was looking into allegations of ******** ****** of ************ detainees.

It is also sparking domestic tensions in ******* where this week right-wing protesters broke into military compounds where ******** soldiers were due to be questioned as part of an investigation into alleged ****** of a ************ detainee.

The U.N. report also referred to dire conditions endured by ******** hostages in Gaza, including lack of fresh air, sunlight and beatings, citing testimonies from those freed.

The ************ detainees held in ******* are mostly men and boys and included a range of people such as residents, doctors and nurses and their patients, as well as captured ************ fighters, the report said.

Some were subject to ******* *********, it said, without giving the number of incidents.

The report, which was shared with *******’s government and ************ authorities, did not say how many detainees have since been released. A U.N. spokesperson said it was impossible to determine.

(Reporting by Emma Farge; Editing by Daniel Wallis)

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