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Fri 24 Oct 2025 12:46 pm - Jerusalem Time

Documented crimes against prisoners and victims: Where is international justice?

Bassam Zakarneh

Bassam Zakarneh

Opinion Writer

The examination of the bodies received from the Israeli side reveals tragic stories: individuals executed with their hands bound, some hanged, while others suffered amputations or had their eyes gouged out… and the horrific forms of torture are countless.

In the occupation's prisons, more than 80 prisoners have been killed, and some have been subjected to hand mutilation, limb amputations, and rape… all forms of torture that are beyond belief… Most of those whose bodies were handed over are prisoners who were executed.

Where is the United Nations? Where is the International Red Cross? And why are relevant authorities such as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, international courts, and independent investigation teams not taking action?

We call on these entities to take urgent action before the bodies are buried to officially document the crimes and conduct interviews with released prisoners in Gaza, Egypt, and the West Bank, and to prepare clear reports for international courts.

The world needs to know the complete truth, and humanitarian justice demands that all those who committed these crimes be prosecuted.

It is a disgrace that the world seeks to find the bodies of 28 Israelis while making no effort to uncover the fate of nearly 20,000 Palestinians, some of whom are under the rubble and some of whom may have been abducted by the Israeli army. Why the double standards in everything, oh world?

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