OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Tens of Palestinian prisoners in the Megiddo jail were hurt on Monday night when Israeli members of the Nahshon unit, used to quell prisoners, broke into their cells.
Megiddo prison sources said that dozens of the Nahshon unit launched a large-scale inspection inside the minors' wards at the pretext of searching for mobile phones.
They added that the soldiers claimed that cell phones were found in those wards, which made them assault prisoners leading to violent confrontations during which the soldiers used teargas and savagely beat up the minors.
Prisoners in other wards declared a state of alert after what happened, prompting the prison administration to force them out of prison yards and to deploy more troops.
The Palestinian prisoner's society asked the Red Cross to send a special committee to Megiddo instantly to get first hand information on what happened to the prisoners especially the minors.
The society expressed concern over the fate of prisoners especially minors, some of whom suffered breathing difficulties and injuries as a result of the beatings.
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