Female Palestinian detainees are facing an escalation of retaliatory and aggressive policies by Israeli authorities in the Damon prison, the Palestinian Commission of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs has warned.
In a statement published on Sunday, the commission noted the inhumane and unethical treatment the women face, along with physical and psychological abuse.
The commission's legal team documented the treatment after visiting the prisons, where the abuse has intensified. The Palestinian women face psychological abuse in the form of rape threats, strip searches, curses, beating and starvation.
The women were also deprived of basic items like clothes, covers, sanitisers, medicine and feminine hygiene products, with their health conditions ignored.
The report highlights that collective punishment is "implemented persistently", as the detained are periodically banned from having showers and prevented from going out to the prison’s yard.