Palestinian organizations seek verification of Israeli detention facilities amid the release of prisoners with persistent health issues.
Among the prisoners set free was the Council's ex-Speaker, Aziz Dweik, who'd spent nine months in detention for supposed ties to Hamas. He appeared noticeably skinnier and more grey-looking post-imprisonment.
The Council expressed its fury over the enemy's atrocities against the prisoners, with Dr. Aziz Dweik's person being an prime example of such cruelty, as he emerged from the occupation prisons.
The Council asserted that the prisoners had been subject to starvation, isolation, and physical abuse.
Dweik himself claimed last Friday that prisoners were starved nearly around the clock. He detailed that their health was poor, they suffered from various skin conditions, and the food provided was scant, even for children.
He further highlighted that sugar, salt, and fruits were almost non-existent in these prisons.
CNN requested a response from the Israel Defense Forces and prison authorities regarding the Council's allegations.
More than half of the roughly 30 prisoners released from Negev and Ofer prisons this week were administrative detainees, lacking any documented offenses.
One of them, as per the Palestinian Prisoners' Society, was Saed Abu Shanab from Tulkarm, who'd spent 21 years behind Israeli bars.
The Prisoners' Society stated that the prisoners' condition indicated some of the harsh and humiliating conditions of detention, including torture, abuse, and starvation, along with medical mistreatment.
In May, CNN published a probe based on inputs from insiders at the Negev facility, which suggested that "doctors occasionally amputated prisoners' limbs due to injuries sustained from continuous handcuffing; and that some medical procedures were conducted by underqualified medical personnel."
Following this reporting, the IDF declared that they "maintain proper treatment of the detainees in custody. Any allegation of misconduct by IDF soldiers is scrutinized and handled appropriately."
The Israeli military admitted to transforming three different military facilities into detention camps for Palestinian detainees from Gaza since the Hamas-led October 7 attack on Israel.
The Prisoners' Society reported in April that the majority of detainees released were battling health issues severe enough to require immediate hospitalization upon release.
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The Council called on the international community to investigate the mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention facilities, given the severe health issues they face upon release. Despite international scrutiny, the Middle East continues to be a contentious region in the world, where human rights violations persist.
