*"Footage uploaded to Israeli media depicts Israeli occupation forces collectively torturing Palestinians held in Megiddo prison. Photos leaked during a raid on the security wing of Megiddo prison reveal the chaining and putting of prisoners on the ground and the use of dogs for purposes of deterrence, and especially humiliation.

The video shows prisoners lying face down on the ground, hands tied behind their backs, while being terrorized by dogs.

And what an article, by chance, after contacting (Shavas) police spokesman for the Negev, Zivan Freidin with a message, he let all journalists know that this was “operational routine”. clear."* haaretz article

On September 7, 2024, leaked documents from the Israeli Megiddo prison revealed a horrific assault and abuse incident against dozens of Palestinian prisoners, who were handcuffed and thrown to the ground, without clothes on their upper bodies threatened by the prison guards’ dogs.

The Haaretz website confirmed that the incident took place in the security section of the prison without any exceptional justification, where the Israeli prison guards handcuffed the prisoners and abused them, claiming to carry out a search operation as part of “routine security procedures.”

This incident comes amid increasing reports of the suffering of prisoners, as the number of prisoners who died under neglect and torture exceeded dozens.

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) statement on August 29

No less than 23 detainees from the West Bank, including Jerusalem, were killed in the occupation’s prisons after October 7, whose identities were revealed and announced, in addition to dozens of detainees from Gaza who were murdered in prisons and camps, and the occupation did not disclose their identities and the circumstances of their dead, in addition to dozens who were subjected to field executions.

The Prisoners’ and Freed Prisoners’ Affairs Authority

reported that the administration of “Megiddo” prison has escalated the measures of intimidation and threats against prisoners, especially during their visits to lawyers, in an attempt to prevent them from conveying their true suffering. During a recent visit by a lawyer from the Prisoners’ Authority to one of the prisoners, she clearly noticed on his features and movements the effects of intimidation and terror he was subjected to before arriving at the visiting room. The lawyer expressed her concern about the state of hesitation and fear that the prisoners are experiencing, as they fear talking about their daily suffering for fear of revenge.

Impunity

These violations continue in the shadow of international silence and the absence of real mechanisms to hold the Israeli “Prison Administration” accountable, which reveals that the conditions in the occupation prisons are more complex and more painful in terms of humanity.