(1 Jul 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Khan Younis, Gaza Strip – 1 July 2024
1. Dr. Mohammed Abu Selmia, the director of Shifa hospital, arriving at Nasser Hospital
2. Various of Abu Selmia’s relatives hugging him
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr. Mohammed Abu Selmia, director of Shifa hospital:
"It’s a happy day that we have been released from the Israeli occupation’s detention, we and a group of colleagues working in the Health Ministry, and other detainees who were released with us today, around 50 detainees. We left behind many detainees, tens of thousands of detainees who have been mistreated, who have been physically and psychologically tortured that no Palestinian prisoner had been subjected to since the 1948 Nakba (catastrophe)."
4. Abu Selmia during news conference
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr. Mohammed Abu Selmia, director of Shifa hospital:
"This occupation doesn’t know such meanings (respecting detainees) at all. It has crossed all human values. It tortures detainees day and night. They deprive them of food day and night. I tell you, and I don’t lie, that all detainees lost about 30 kilograms each. Patients are prevented from treatment."
6. Abu Selmia during news conference
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr. Mohammed Abu Selmia, director of Shifa hospital:
"The medical crews of this occupation deal with detainees as if they are inanimate bodies. There, the physician beats the detainees. The nurse beats the detainees. This is a violation to all international laws and legislations."
8. Various of Abu Selmia sitting with his family
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Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip – 1 July 2024
9. Various of prisoner hugging his wife and daughter
10. One prisoner describing the situation of another prisoner, UPSOUND (Arabic) "Pus was dripping from his hands. They thought he is (Hamas leader Yahya) Sinwar. They took him from the checkpoint thinking he was Sinwar."
11. Various of prisoners’ legs and feet covered with dust, and wearing torn flip-flops
12. Prisoner referring to another prisoner and saying in Arabic "Israel celebrated when they catch Sinwar"
13. Various of prisoners’ relatives welcoming them
14. Various of prisoner sitting inside emergency department
15. Various of wounds on a prisoner’s knee
16. Prisoner’s feet covered in dust
STORYLINE:
Israel released the director of Gaza’s main hospital on Monday, seven months after the military raided the facility over allegations it was being used as a Hamas command center.
The release of Mohammed Abu Selmia without charge or trial raised further questions about Israel’s allegations regarding Shifa Hospital, which its forces have raided on two occasions since the start of its nearly nine-month war with Hamas.
Abu Selmia said he and other prisoners had been tortured and held under harsh conditions, allegations that could not be independently confirmed but matched other accounts of Palestinian detainees who have been released back into Gaza.
"We left behind many detainees, tens of thousands of detainees who have been mistreated, who have been physically and psychologically tortured that no Palestinian prisoner had been subjected to since the 1948 Nakba (catastrophe)," he said.
He said guards broke his finger and caused his head to bleed during beatings, in which they used batons and dogs.
He said the medical staff at different facilities where he was held had also taken part in the abuse “in violation of all laws.”
He said some detainees had limbs amputated because of poor medical care.
Prison authorities have previously denied such mistreating detainees.
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