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Israel waging 'war of revenge' on Palestinian prisoners: PA minister

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Relatives pray over the victims before their burial, outside the Martyrs at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip on July 15, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. [AFP]

The Palestinian Authority's prisoners' affairs minister on Monday accused Israel of waging an abusive "war of revenge" against Palestinian detainees since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.

Accounts of alleged mistreatment including torture, rape and other sexual abuses in Israeli jails have all been denied by Israeli authorities.

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