Sources from inside the Negev prison told Al Jazeera that the occupation authorities, represented by the Public Prosecutor's Office, reopened the investigation into the events of repression and torture against Palestinian prisoners that took place in the "Ketz'ot" prison in the Negev in 2019, despite the file being closed at that time for good, after broadcasting an episode of the "Ma Khafi" program. greatest".
The sources stated that the Israeli investigation authorities began taking the testimonies of a number of prisoners who were tortured and who appeared in the leaked footage that appeared on the "What is Hidden is Greater" program on Al-Jazeera.
The Israeli authorities closed the investigation file in the case two years ago, claiming not to identify the faces of the officers and soldiers involved in the repression, despite criticism from local and international human rights institutions for the decision.
The "The Road to Freedom" episode of the "What is Hidden is Greater" program published exclusive leaked clips documenting some of the bitter suffering experienced by prisoners from repression and torture inside Israeli prisons.
The episode focused on the process of repression in the Negev prison in 2019, and Nizar Shehadeh (a former prisoner in the Negev prison) referred to the types of repression and humiliation that the prisoners were subjected to at the time, and what he said was that dogs were placed on the prisoners’ bodies and jumped from one to another, and that it was a lot of torture They thought they would die.
A prisoner who was a victim of the repression in the Negev prison spoke in an audio testimony about the images of torture he was subjected to, and described what happened very difficult for him, so far that he still suffers from injuries in various parts of his body.
The occupation authorities tried to cover up the repression in the Negev prison, and even promoted some of those who participated in the torture of prisoners, but last June exciting scenes were leaked through the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, and Israeli journalist Josh Breiner acknowledged the cases of repression and torture, including tying, stacking and beating prisoners He neglected them medically and deprived them of their most basic rights, and he said that the recordings leaked by his newspaper did not resonate with the Israeli authorities.
The "What is Hidden is Greater" program was able to reveal the names and photos of Israeli officers who participated in torturing prisoners in the Negev prison in 2019.
The figures indicate that there are 4,500 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, distributed among 19 prisons, and 544 prisoners are sentenced to life imprisonment.
In an audio testimony, one of the prisoners in Israeli prisons appeals to the Palestinian resistance to save them and stop the actions of the Israeli occupation, through an honorable deal that restores joy to the prisoners and the Palestinians. standing.