‘Returned from hell’: Press monitor exposes torture of Palestinian journalists by Israel

A report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) details the systematic torture, sexual violence, and starvation of Palestinian journalists detained in Israeli prisons. Based on interviews with 59 journalists jailed since October 2023, the report documents widespread abuse, including baton beatings, electroshocks, and rape. Testimonies describe journalists being forced into prolonged stress positions and being threatened with harm to their families. The CPJ states the consistency of the accounts points to a deliberate strategy of abuse rather than isolated incidents.