Israeli forces assault Palestinian prisoners after prison unrest

Israeli forces raided part of Israel’s Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank and attacked prisoners after a riot, according to a statement by the Prisoners Media Office.

“Prisoners were beaten and sprayed with gas,” the Prisoners Media Office said.

Ofer Prison is the only Israeli prison in the West Bank and the central release point for Palestinian prisoners who are freed as part of the ceasefire deal.

Prisoner rights groups say Adnan al-Brush, a Palestinian surgeon and professor of orthopaedic medicine arrested at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, was killed by torture at the Israeli prison.