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August 21, 2024

Released Palestinian Describes Detention at Ofer Prison, Site of "Systematic Torture and Humiliation"
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In the southern city of Khan Younis, a Palestinian man who spent over
two months in Israel's Ofer Prison, was released and reunited with his
family. Hubb Al-Deen Maqat recounted the horrors he and other
Palestinian prisoners were subjected to.

Hubb Al-Deen Maqat: "We stayed for about 40 to 50 days blindfolded with
this cloth. This way for 50 days! We were sitting down with our hands
and feet bound. What's happening in the prison, there is no living
person of conscience who can bear it."
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society says detainees at Ofer Prison suffer
"systematic torture and humiliation."

This all comes as another ceasefire deal appears to have stalled.

Meanwhile, Gaza's Health Ministry said Tuesday it's still waiting to
receive polio vaccines amid a growing risk of a major outbreak across
the besieged territory.


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