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Monitors Report Systemic Sexual Violence Amid Prisoner Surge

5/8/2026

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Rights monitors say sexual violence in Israeli prisons is systematic.
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor documented seven forms of sexual violence and dozens of cases, including reports that Palestinian detainees Mohammed al-Bakri and 17-year-old Ahmed were sexually assaulted by Israeli soldiers.
Prisoner numbers rose 83% since the war to over 9,600, including 350 children and 3,530 detainees, causing trauma, exemplified by al-Bakri learning his wife was killed while detained.

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Rights monitors say sexual violence in Israeli prisons is systematic.
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor documented seven forms of sexual violence and dozens of cases, including reports that Palestinian detainees Mohammed al-Bakri and 17-year-old Ahmed were sexually assaulted by Israeli soldiers.
Prisoner numbers rose 83% since the war to over 9,600, including 350 children and 3,530 detainees, causing trauma, exemplified by al-Bakri learning his wife was killed while detained.