UN Panel Accuses Israel of Systematic Torture of Palestinian Detainees

Imagine a group of judges, called the UN Committee Against Torture, who are like referees for countries.

They have referees from different countries who watch to make sure countries follow important rules about not hurting people, especially those who are captured.

Recently, these referees heard many stories about how people from Palestine have been badly hurt while they were being held by Israel.

The referees said it looked like this hurting was happening a lot, on purpose, and was like a common way of treating these people, not just a few bad accidents.

They heard about beatings, electric shocks, not giving enough food, and even threats of bad things happening to them.

A report from even earlier said secret arrests and torture might be happening.

However, the person representing Israel told the referees that these stories are not true and are like fake news.

Israel says they are a good country and follow the rules, even when things are hard because of groups like Hamas.

The referees said that even if one side does bad things, it doesn't mean the other side can also do bad things.

They also plan to look into bad things that Hamas might have done later.