A report by two Israeli rights groups says dozens of Palestinians held in an Israeli detention center are subject to conditions that in some cases amount to torture.
The report by B'Tselem and HaMoked presents accounts by 116 Palestinian detainees on the conditions at the Shikma interrogation facility, run by the Shin Bet internal security agency.
The report, released Wednesday, says the detainees are incarcerated in a small, rank cell, often in isolation. Prisoners said they were at times exposed to extreme heat and cold, bound to a chair and denied access to a shower for days or weeks.
The groups say the conditions constitute "abuse and inhuman, degrading treatment, at times even amounting to torture."
The report comes amid months of near-daily Palestinian attacks on civilians and security forces.
