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Israel using cold weather as ‘tool of torture’ against Palestinian prisoners: Monitor
Israeli prisons authorities are using cold weather to “torture” Palestinian prisoners who are deprived of adequate clothing and blankets, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
The monitor said in a statement on Telegram that it heard from a prisoner – identified as “D.M.” – who “can no longer feel his feet, which causes him cramps and pain” due to being left out in the cold for prolonged periods.
“He is no longer able to move due to the severity of the pain, and he is also often unable to sleep.”
Numerous instances of torture inside Israeli prisons have been documented by rights groups and released prisoners.
Palestinian prisoner from Gaza dies in Israeli custody
A Palestinian man from the Gaza Strip who was arrested at the start of Israel’s war on the enclave along with his brother and was injured during detention has died in Israeli custody, according to the Palestinian Prisoners and Detainees’ Affairs Commission.
The monitoring group said in a statement that Israeli authorities released no information about the 34-year-old during his detention, and did not allow him any visits.
He is believed to have been held at Ayalon Prison in Ramla before being transferred to the Shamir Medical Centre, also known as Assaf Harofeh Centre, where he was announced dead today.
The statement said he did not suffer from any health problems before his arrest, adding that he leaves behind a wife and a child.
His death brings the confirmed number of Palestinian prisoners who died in Israeli custody to 60 people since the start of the war on Gaza. The figure includes at least 39 people from Gaza.
Graphic footage shows baby girl who died from severe cold in Gaza City
A video published this morning by activist Alaa Hamouda and verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency shows the body of a baby girl, Sila Abdel Qader.
In the video, the child’s father says the “one-and-a-half-month-old” died in a tent in the Shujayea neighbourhood of Gaza City “from the cold, from the lack of blankets and mattresses and the cold we are in, we have nothing, no houses or anything”.
“I ask for a solution after the war that came upon us. The girl died from the cold,” he said.
We are not sharing the footage as it is extremely disturbing.
‘No sign’ of mobile homes for displaced families entering Gaza
There has been no significant sign that Israel is going to allow mobile shelters to come into the Gaza Strip as a part of this ceasefire agreement.
The first phase of the agreement stipulates that mobile homes and shelters for families who have lost their homes during Israeli military operations in Gaza should be allowed to enter.
We can see shattered landscapes here with residential neighbourhoods that have been reduced to rubble, and now families are living in the open next to the ruins of their destroyed homes.
They are struggling to survive and cannot afford basic necessities. Now, they are waiting eagerly for the entry of mobile shelters that will afford them proper shelter until the reconstruction efforts can occur in Gaza.
Right now, there is a significant lack of commitment by the Israeli side regarding the entry of these humanitarian requirements despite all efforts made by mediators to contain this crisis.
