"Abu Srour, 56, recounted a sharp increase in the use of beatings and the deprivation of food and warmth after the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023. The prison guards uniform changed, with a tag on the chest written on it the word fighters', or warriors', and they started acting like they were in a war and this was another front, and they started beating, torturing, killing like warriors, he said."
"A celebrated Palestinian author who was freed last month after more than 32 years in Israeli prisons has said the use of torture increased dramatically during his last two years of captivity as Israel came to treat its jails as another front in the Gaza war. Nasser Abu Srour, whose prison memoir has been translated into seven languages and is tipped to win a major international literary prize this month, was among more than 150 Palestinians serving life sentences"
Nasser Abu Srour, released after more than 32 years in Israeli prisons, said torture and mistreatment rose sharply during his final two years as authorities treated jails as an additional front in the Gaza war. More than 150 Palestinians serving life terms were freed under a US-brokered ceasefire and exiled to Egypt. Abu Srour described beatings, food and warmth deprivation, and guards adopting 'fighters' insignia while acting like they were at war. A UN commission recorded 75 Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody between October 2023 and August 2025. Israeli prison authorities deny torture. Abu Srour said he was convicted on a confession extracted under torture.
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