Prisoner group: Israel 'deliberately' leaking images of detainee torture

The Palestinian Prisoner's Society has said that the Israeli authorities are "deliberately" leaking images and footage of the torture of Palestinian detainees.

The rights group said in a statement that this was “part of the competition between the ministers of the current government over who tortures and kills Palestinians more".

“The other goal… is to influence the image of the Palestinian prisoner in the collective consciousness… in addition to using them as an additional tool for intimidation operations and spreading terror among Palestinian citizens,” it added.

In August, the Israeli rights group B'tselem released a report accusing the government of conducting a policy of institutionalised abuse and torture against all Palestinians detained since 7 October.