Gaza, August 16, SPA -- The number of Palestinians who died in Israeli jails since 1967 reached 195, said a report released by Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners Affairs. In the past years, Israeli Prisons Department formed a special force armed with batons, tear gases and other tools of torture including dogs to exercise various types of torture to oppress Palestinian prisoners, said the report, which was carried today by Jordan's news agency "PETRA." It pointed out that the use of excessive and lethal force by the Israeli department against Palestinian prisoners has been a systematic policy since 1967. It has been further escalated and became more dangerous since August 16, 1988, the report said. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/582482