Shackled, blindfolded, beaten: Gaza detainees allege torture by IDF

Shackled, blindfolded, beaten: Gaza detainees allege torture by IDF


Mr Al-Shaweesh is slowly regaining the weight he lost in detention and is up and walking since speaking to the ABC, but he is expected to need a lengthy period of recovery. He was arrested in Gaza City in March 2024, around the time the IDF stormed the nearby Al Shifa hospital, and he said he was taken to a building where he was tortured for three days. "We did not know anything about the condition of our families in Gaza and the situation in Gaza at all — except when they brought someone from another region, or if they brought prisoners from Gaza into our section, then we would know what the situation was in Gaza," he said.

Author: ABC News


Published at: 2025-05-24 19:16:43

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