הוועד הציבורי נגד עינויים בישראל

In a statement, Israel's domestic security agency, the GSS or Shin Bet, said it never detains suspects' relatives or gives false information to detainees to obtain confessions.

"Terrorist investigations are conducted by the Shin Bet according to the [1999] Supreme Court ruling [limiting interrogation methods], under the restrictions of the law and the tight supervision of the Justice Ministry and the courts," the statement said.

Human rights group the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) says a pattern has emerged recently of the security forces using such tactics with Palestinian interrogees.

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