Sexual torture of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons constitutes an "organized state policy" endorsed by the highest levels of political, military, and judicial leadership, according to a new report.
The report, seen by Middle East Eye, compiles testimonies gathered by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor. It details systematic sexual violence, including rape involving objects and trained military dogs, within detention facilities like Sde Teiman.
One 42-year-old woman from north Gaza testified that she was stripped naked and bound to a metal table, where two masked soldiers raped her repeatedly over two days. She stated she was left bleeding and shackled throughout the night.
Soldiers reportedly filmed the assault and used the footage to threaten her during subsequent interrogations. The victim described the experience as "another genocide behind walls."
Systematic abuse
Other detainees recounted similar patterns of extreme physical and sexual trauma. A 3ut 35-year-old man, identified as Amir, described being forced to strip naked before soldiers used military dogs to sexually assault him.
"I felt profoundly humiliated and violated," Amir said, describing how the dog penetrated him while he was being beaten.
Khaled Mahajna, an attorney with the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, reported an instance where a soldier used a fire extinguisher nozzle to inflict severe internal injuries on a prisoner.
A 43-year-old man named Wajdi recounted being shackled to a metal bed and subjected to repeated rapes by both soldiers and a trained dog. He said soldiers mocked him and filmed the assault while he screamed in pain.
Khaled Ahmed, a Euro-Med field researcher, said the violence reflects a pattern of cruelty designed to destroy human dignity. He noted the deliberate use of multiple perpetrators and animals as instruments of violence.
Victims stated that these attacks often occurred in well-equipped institutional settings designed to facilitate torture. The report concludes that the logistics of these assaults evidence the institutionalized nature of the violence.