Among candidates for U.S. sanctions, Israel’s Prison Service should be next on the list. This is apparently the realm where all the sadistic instincts of the minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, find their outlet.
On October 26, large forces of the Prison Service’s Keter unit, a tactical intervention unit, accompanied by dogs, one of them unleashed, stormed into the prison. The wardens and the dogs went on a rampage, attacking the inmates whose screams left the whole prison in a state of terror, Abu Halil recalls. The walls were soon covered with inmates’ blood. “You are Hamas, you are ISIS, you raped, murdered, abducted and now your time has come,” said one warden to the prisoners. The blows that followed were brutal, the inmates were shackled.
The beatings became a daily affair. Occasionally the guards demanded of prisoners that they kiss an Israeli flag and declaim, “Am Yisrael Chai!” – “The People of Israel live.” They were also ordered to curse the prophet Mohammed. The usual call to prayer in the cells was prohibited. The prisoners were afraid to utter any word starting with the sound “h” lest the guards suspect they had said “Hamas.”
On October 29, the inmates of Abu Halil’s cell requested a squeegee to wash the floor. The response to that was to send the terrifying Keter unit into their cell. “Now you will be like dogs,” the guards ordered. The prisoners’ hands were cuffed behind their back. Even before they were shackled, they were ordered to move only with their upper body bent over. They were led to the kitchen, where they were stripped and forced to lie one on top of the other, a pile of 10 naked prisoners. Abu Halil was the last. There, they were beaten with clubs and spat on.
A guard then started to stuff carrots into the anus of Abu Halil and other prisoners. Sitting at home now, reciting his story, Abu Halil lowers his gaze and the flow of words slows down. He’s embarrassed to talk about this. Afterward, he continues, dogs hunched over them and attacked them. They were then allowed to put on their underwear before being led back to their cell, where they found their clothes thrown into a heap.
Well… the Israeli prisoners didn’t get to say much, because they’re dead.
I’m so tired of the which side is worse propaganda. Both sides are fucking awful.
Between Israel and Hamas, Hamas is the lesser evil.
Lol…omg…lol…sure it is. Do you like women’s rights? Do you like LGBQ peeps? Do you like freedom of speech?
If so, you’re picking the wrong horse in this one.
I hope they wipe each other out at this point before the rest of the world gets in to the battle over who’s all powerful sky wizard is more cool.
The illusion that israel supports LGBT is hillarious. Gay marriage is banned in israel.
Yes very sad that israel keeps killing the hostages in Gaza. It seems that Netanyahu hopes to kill them all to remove any reason for protest.
Good thing that Hamas treated their hostages well in captivity though. They won’t lower themselves to the level of barbarism of israel.
We don’t get stories of Hamas cutting off hostages legs like israel does