The United Nations Committee Against Torture concluded that Israel’s prolonged deprivation of food and humanitarian aid and bombing of Gaza constitute mass mistreatment that can be considered torture. The body published a report this Friday after analyzing Israel’s compliance with the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which it ratified in 1991. The committee noted that Israel has de facto implemented an organized and widespread policy of torture and ill-treatment against detained Palestinians, which has intensified since October 2023. It also identified multiple forms of collective punishment against the civilian population in the occupied Palestinian territories.
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