Palestine Affairs

Posted by: John Phoenix IOF forces memebers with dogs they taught how to rape Palestinian Prisoners. (Screenshot by Caitlin Johnstone) A number of recent reports by reputable human rights agencies and news websites have detailed the prevalence of this horrifying form of torture. by Caitlin Johnstone, reposted from Caitlin Johnstone’s Substack, December 3, 2025 One thing I try not to think about very often is how many reports we’ve been seeing about Israeli prison guards training dogs to rape Palestinian captives in torture camps like Sde Teiman. Drop Site News has a new write-up about a testimony from a journalist published by the Palestinian Journalists Protection Center. The reporter says that during his 20 months of hell in Israeli prison...

Posted by: John Phoenix 16-year-old Faris Ibrahim Faris Abu Jabal (L) 17-year-old Mahmoud Hani Mohammad Al-Majayda (C) and Mohammad Nael Khamis Al-Zoghbi, 17, were all tortured by Israel. ( (Photos: Courtesy of the families, via DCI)) As the Western media was obsessing over any claim of minor suffering of Israeli captives, thousands of Palestinians were subject to systematic round-the-clock abuses. By Robert Inlakesh, Reposted from The Palestine Chronicle, December 11, 2025 Last month, a series of shocking reports of rape and extreme torture were published by human rights groups, only to be ignored by the Western mainstream media. Among the newly released evidence of such horrendous crimes was the case of a 42-year-old Palestinian woman who testified to ...

Posted by: John Phoenix Red Cross bus, carrying Palestinians released in the 6th round of the ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement between Hamas and Israel, arrives Gaza European Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza on February 15, 2025. ([Ashraf Amra – Anadolu Agency]) Anonymous testimonies from freed Palestinian prisoners have revealed the horrific sexual torture inflicted on them by Israel reposted from The New Arab Warning: Graphic descriptions of rape and torture throughout this article Anonymous testimonies from Palestinian prisoners have revealed the horrific rape, torture, and abuse that they suffered while being detained by Israel, despite Israeli attempts to threaten them into silence. Israel released 1,968 Palestinian prisoners as par...

Posted by: John Phoenix On October 13th 2017, 16 children and 2 adults were ambushed and arrested in Hebron by the Israeli soldiers. They were detained in a cage at checkpoint 56,  cable-tied,  kicked, and hit, then transferred to an Israeli police station where they were subjected to further physical and psychological violence. All were eventually released without charge, after threats were made to their families. (From Christian Peacemaker Teams) More than 50,000 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank have been detained by Israel since 1967, according to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.  reposted from The New Arab [Editor’s note: Defense for Children International – Palestine reports:  Since 1...

Posted by: John Phoenix Palestinians imprisoned at Sde Teiman are shackled and blindfolded 24 hours a day and are forced to sit still and silent in painful positions for hours on end. (( Whistleblower via Quds News Network)) Reposted from Defense for Children International, September 02, 2025 A record number of Palestinian children are held in administrative detention without charge or trial. 360 Palestinian children are detained in Israeli prisons as of June 30, the latest data available from the Israel Prison Service (IPS), which is the highest number since early 2016. 147 children, or 41 percent of the total, are held in administrative detention without charge or trial, which is both the highest number and the highest proportion on record since Defense for...

Postedby: John Phoenix Collage: Fei Liu ( Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/picture alliance) Mohammed Ibrahim is one of more than 300 Palestinian children being held indefinitely in Israeli custody. By Jonah Valdez, Reposted from The Intercept, October 26, 2025 On the morning of October 13, Zaher Ibrahim desperately tried to find his son among the dozens of newly freed Palestinians streaming from Red Cross buses in the occupied West Bank city of Beitunia. Zaher’s son, Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16-year-old Palestinian American, was swept up by Israeli forces during a dawn raid at their home in the village of al-Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya in February. The Israeli military charged Mohammed with throwing a rock and striking a car driven by an Israeli settler, an accusation h...

Posted by: John Phoenix  contact@ifamericansknew.org   Thousands of Gazan Palestinians have been processed through the Sde Teiman prison since October 7th (image by Hédi Benyounes via Unsplash) (Unsplash) A Palestinian lawyer has exposed shocking testimonies of sexual torture, rape, and systematic abuse of Gaza detainees in Israeli prisons By Yakoota Al Ahmad & Tarek Chouiref, Reposted from Anadolu Agency, July 29, 2025 A Palestinian lawyer has exposed shocking testimonies of sexual torture, rape, and systematic abuse of Gaza detainees in Israeli prisons, warning that Israel is using such practices to intimidate Palestinians and defy international law. In an exclusive interview with Anadolu, Khaled Mahajna, a lawyer with the Palestinian Authority’s ...

Posted by: John Phoenix Israeli forces gather on a road during a raid at the al-Faraa camp for Palestinian refugees north of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank on October 10, 2024. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) 51 percent of Palestinian child detainees are in administrative detention, a record number Reposted from Defense for Children International, March 18, 2026 Ramallah, March 18, 2026—51 percent of Palestinian child detainees are in administrative detention, a record number. 351 Palestinian children are detained in Israeli prisons as of December 31, 2025, according to the latest data available from the Israel Prison Service (IPS). 180 children, or 51 percent of the total, are held in administrative detention without charge or trial, which is both the ...

Posted by: John Phoenix Israeli drone strikes on Sunday killed five Palestinians and wounded more than eight others in separate attacks across the Gaza Strip, as Israeli forces continued daily violations of the ceasefire agreement in place since October 2025. Medical teams at Al‑Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza confirmed that four Palestinians were killed and eight others injured when an Israeli drone fired a missile at a police vehicle near the Abu Sirar junction. The Gaza Ministry of Interior said the targeted vehicle was on an official assignment when it was struck. Video Player In Gaza City, another Palestinian was killed and several others were wounded when an Israeli drone fired a missile at a gathering of civil...