71 Palestinians martyred under Israeli torture

The Palestine captives center for studies revealed that Israel was practicing systematic torture against Palestinian captives with full authorization by its judicial system.

It said in a statement on Tuesday that the general committee against torture received 900 complaints from liberated captives over the past few years detailing their torture at the hands of Israeli jailors, who were not prosecuted or interrogated about such practice.

It also charged the Israeli judiciary with complicity as none of the interrogators was investigated over the use of cruel interrogation means.

The center, in a report on the occasion of the international day against torture, said that the IOA was legalizing torture without any humanitarian consideration.

It said that the practice led to the martyrdom of 71 captives the latest being Arafat Jaradat from Al-Khalil.