Majdi al Darini He thought he would comply with the evacuation order and leave his home. north Loop Moving south of the residential area was the best option to save someone’s life. After a month-long war, he set out with his family in mid-November. But as he walked, this 50-year-old Gazan, father of four and retired public servant, arrested. His hands had been motionless ever since. During 40 days He was kept with his hands tied for 40 nights. You can still feel the scars left by the ties that “always” bound him. New York Times. The pressure of the knots cut his wrists, and under the deplorable conditions of his detention he inevitably infected with wounds. The scabs on their wrists are another indicator of the ordeal they have experienced and are going through. thousands of men In the Gaza Strip.
Hundreds of people were seen in many videos shared by the Israeli Army since the ground operation began at the end of October. Palestinian men in underwear, sitting outdoors in the cold, sometimes blindfolded. Women and children are also seen in some of them. They line up in the streets, amid the destruction and unprotected, to protect their bodies from the cold. There were many are transported in trucks like cattle. Some have already been released and told about their journey on the cross. After listening to their statements, Ajith SunghayHead of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territories United Nations, condemned the treatment applied by Israeli authorities. “These are people who were detained by Israeli security forces in unknown locations for between 30 and 55 days. beaten, humiliated, ill-treated And what might it constitute? torture“, He pointed out.
A lot human rights groupsPeople from inside and outside Palestine also joined these complaints. Still exact number unknown was arrested. The Israeli Army recently said: 2,300 detainees In Gaza. However, estimates based on statements from those released indicate that the actual number of detainees is much higher. “One of the detainees said that Israeli agents personally informed them of his approximate arrival. 7,000 prisoners “In Gaza,” he said. Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, based in Geneva. It has also been confirmed that the following people were among those arrested: injured and sick Stolen from Al Maamdani and Al Shifa hospitals in Gaza City, along with 99 medical staff and eight others journalists. Weeks have passed since their arrest, and their whereabouts are still unknown.
children and women
Israel warned. In October, the first month of the war, the Israeli Army said: those who didn’t run away Areas under evacuation order “may be considered” Partners of the terrorist organization”, referring to Hamas, they would be arrested. Francesca AlbaneseDesignating non-evacuated civilians as complicit in terrorism is not only a threat of collective punishment but could also constitute punishment, the UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories has said. ethnic cleansing. Moreover, running away was not a guarantee of anything. Darini complied with the evacuation order and was arrested anyway. Last month, an Israeli government spokesman said: Eylon LeviIsraeli forces previously Detaining “military age men” along the Gaza Strip. However, there were also children and women among the hundreds of detainees.
“When I was arrested in Gaza [los soldados israelíes] They forced me to take off all my clothes; They didn’t care about it I was a child“, declared a child 14 years To the Euro-Med monitor. “They tied my hands and feet with plastic handcuffs; I was thrown into a terrible place and They hit me from every side; “They gave us small amounts of food,” this young man added. “My hands were swollen and there were symptoms. hits “It stayed on my body and face for days,” he admitted. This little one’s story is repeated among adults who manage to get out. Israeli media Haaretz revealed crimes committed against detainees in some military camps in Israel. Inside Sde TeimanMany of these Gazans lost their lives near Beersheba South. Conditions deaths The issue still remains unclear, and the Israeli Army announced that an investigation was launched against the dead prisoners after announcing that they were “terrorists”.
enforced disappearance
Conditions in these centers deplorable. Military officials called them “full isolation Sanctions imposed on prisoners, especially those from Gaza”, “Denial of visits by the International International Committee” Red Cross and banning lawyers “Visit Gaza detainees,” he condemned. addameerThe main Palestinian organization defending Palestinian prisoners incarcerated in Israeli prisons. There they are stripped naked, beaten, interrogated and kept incommunicado for three months. All of this has the approval of the Israeli political majority. Inside KnessetThe Israeli Parliament has passed a set of rules that prevent detainees in Gaza from seeing their lawyers. four more months. “They thus establish the legal scope for the crime of enforced disappearance committed against thousands of detainees,” the Euro-Mediterranean Monitor condemned in a statement published last week.
Each of the experiences of these men who have been released and can tell about it is cannon fodder for nightmares. “They oppressed us torture and beatingThe army threatened to shoot us while we were naked in the cold, then female soldiers attacked us and tortured us. obscene insults” he condemned Muhammad Abu Samra with Al Jazeera. Hospitals in Gaza are now not only treating those injured as a result of bombings or attacks by Israeli troops, but the few remaining medical personnel are also trying to treat wounds on the wrists and knees of these detainees. For weeks, thousands of men were and still are forced to survive away from their homes. motionless hands and feetand the stomach begins to growl and body odor increases. Even if the scars on your wrists disappear memory of torture will always accompany you.