Palestinians held at notorious Ofer Prison being beaten, denied meals

The 110 Palestinian detainees in Israel's Ofer Prison are experiencing repression, beatings, denial of food, and being prevented from bathing, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said this week in a report from the news outlet Wafa. 

The agency operates under the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah.

Israeli officials have ramped up intimidation tactics, the agency said, and ordered up to three raids a week, targeting three to four cells during each raid.

All the detainees have been beaten, a lawyer who visited them said. 

They have also been deprived of hot water for the past 45 days, and most have not bathed for well over a month, the lawyer was told. 

For the suhoor meal in Ramadan, detainees were only provided three slices of bread, a small spoonful of jam or a small carton of yogurt to share among a dozen people.