Rights monitor: Israeli civilians brought to watch nude torture of Palestinians

Euro-Med rights monitor reported on Monday that the Israeli army brought in groups of Israeli civilians into detention centres to watch the torture of Palestinians. 

The report is based on testimonies from recently released Palestinian prisoners and detainees. 

The prisoners and detainees were held for varying periods of time inside two detention centres: one located in the Zikim area on the northern border of the Gaza Strip, and another affiliated with the Naqab prison in southern Israel.

The testimonies received by the rights monitor stated that Israeli forces falsely claimed that they were fighters affiliated with Palestinian armed factions and that they had taken part in the 7 October attack on Israeli towns on Gaza Strip borders.

The freed prisoners said that the Israeli civilians were laughing and were permitted to record the torture, which included  beating them with metal batons, electric sticks, and pouring hot water on their heads. The detainees were also verbally abused.