Lawyer who met Gaza prisoners in Israeli detention camps describes 'criminal' situation

Khaled Mhajne, a lawyer who was able to meet Palestinian prisoners in the now-infamous Sde Teiman Israeli detention camp, described what he called a "criminal" situation "beyond imagination".

Mhajne told Al Araby Al Jadeed that over 1,000 Palestinians from Gaza are being held in Sde Teiman.

"They sleep on the ground without blankets and pillows, and the Israeli forces deal with them in a criminal manner," he said.

Mhajne met with detained journalist Mohammad Arab, who has been "isolated from the world for months".

Detainees are not allowed to speak to each other, and each one of them is given a singular minute to shower, and is penalised if they take longer, the lawyer said.

Additonally, he said that "there are cases of rape and sexual abuse against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons".

"The war being waged against Palestinian prisoners, especially against the prisoners from the Gaza Strip, is a war no less criminal than what the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are experiencing," he added.