Arbitrary detentions, torture, and enforced disappearances

The Khiyam Detention Center (KDC) was set up in 1985 in the Israeli-occupied zone and operated directly by the Israeli Army until at least 1987. The SLA was in control then, although Israeli officers reportedly were involved in torture possibly until 1988.
• 1985–1987: Detainees were tortured physically and starved, as well as deprived of water, electricity,
and bathrooms.
• 1994: At least 200 detainees were reportedly held at KDC and tortured during interrogations
without access to the ICRC.
May 23, 2000: After KDC closed, 144 former detainees testified about the torture that took place there. The various forms included beatings, burning with cigarettes, being tied to poles outdoors in harsh weather, electrical shocks, being the subjects of medical experiments at the Marja’yun hospital, and sexual abuse. During that period, 14 detainees died under torture.

Several rounds of exchanges of prisoners and bodies, coordinated by the ICRC, took place between Israel and Hezbollah.

January 2004: Following German mediation, Israel released 30 Lebanese detainees, including Sheikh Abdul Karim Obeid and Mustafa Dirani, as well as the remains of 59 Lebanese, in exchange for the bodies of three Israeli soldiers who were captured in 2000, and an Israeli businessman, abducted in 2000 in Dubai.