A UN rights expert on Thursday called on Israeli authorities to investigate allegations of torture and abuse of detained Palestinians since the start of the Gaza war on October 7. The UN special rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, said she had received allegations of abuse against Palestinians held in prisons run by the Israeli Prison Service and in Israeli military camps. She pointed to estimates that thousands of Palestinians, including children, had been detained since the war erupted. Edwards told AFP she had been carrying out a “thorough review for the past two months” based on mul…