Tel Aviv, Nov. 27 -- Israel has sharply escalated its use of torture, starvation and severe abuses against Palestinian detainees since the Gaza war began on October 7, 2023.

These findings were detailed in a report submitted by Israeli human rights organisations to the UN Committee Against Torture, as reported by Haaretz.

Widespread abuse and arbitrary detention

The submission - prepared by Adalah, the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), Parents Against Child Detention, HaMoked and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHRI) - said Israel has dismantled safeguards that once protected detainees.

According to the report, torture and ill-treatment occur from the point of arrest through to imprisonment, with minimal judicial...