(17 Jul 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Deir Al Balah, Central Gaza Strip – 17 July 2024
1. Various of paramedics helping woman to walk after she arrived at the hospital
2. Various of released prisoners inside emergency department
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Zakaria Abu al-Eish, released prisoner:
"The moment we went into the tank they started beating, insulting and urinating on us. The beating was continuous and as soon as we entered the tank they told us that ‘you are going to hell.’ It was true as we left the tank and boarded a bus they resumed beating and insulting and we did not know where the beating was coming from. We had been blindfolded then and until this day, we were blindfolded. They only removed it half an hour before we arrived."
4. Various of prisoner showing marks from handcuffs on his hands
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Zakaria Abu al-Eish, released prisoner:
"For 55 days, I was handcuffed, blindfolded, deprived from sleeping. No rest. Even the food they brought us was for animals. If you eat or not, no one cares. They dealt with us as if we weren’t humans but numbers. We thank God who rescued us from this hell."
6. Released prisoner showing marks of torture on his body
7. Various of released prisoner hugging his relative and crying
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Saeed Badous, released prisoner:
"There are people who have gone mad and urinate on themselves. There were ill people, amputees, thrown away, who were not given medicine or painkillers. They screamed. At night they used to bring dogs, pepper spray, and electrocute us. Every night. Whatever comes to your mind was done."
9. Released prisoner hugging his relative
10. Various of prisoners’ bare feet covered in dust
STORYLINE:
Israeli authorities released on Wednesday 13 Palestinians who had been detained for several weeks, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said.
The Palestinian paramedic group said it took the released prisoners from an Israeli checkpoint in the Gaza Strip to the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central city of Deir al-Balah.
The 13, who include a woman and a man with vision problems, arrived at the hospital later Wednesday.
Zakaria Abu al-Eish said he was detained 55 days ago in the Jabalya refugee camp in north Gaza.
He was caring for his ill father when an Israeli force stormed their home and detained him, Abu al-Eish said.
He said he head endured brutal beatings, insults and eating food that was meant for animals while imprisoned.
"They dealt with us as if we weren’t humans but numbers," he said.
Saeed Badous, another released prisoner, said he was detained while at the Indonesian Hospital near Jabalia 70 days ago.
He said that there were prisoners who were ill, and even amputees, who didn’t receive any medical help or even painkillers.
AP cannot independently verify the testimonies of the released prisoners.
Israeli authorities have denied the Red Cross and other humanitarian groups access to prisons.
Human rights groups have said mass arrests should be investigated and denounced the reported mistreatment of the Palestinians held in prisons and detention centers.
Israel has detained some 4,000 Palestinians since Oct. 7, according to official figures, though roughly 1,500 were released after the military determined they were not affiliated with Hamas.
Israeli human rights groups say the majority of detainees have at some point passed through Sde Teiman, the country’s largest detention center.
Hamas’ October attack killed 1,200 Israelis, mostly civilians, and militants took about 250 hostage.
AP video by Abd Al Kareem Hana
Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/2a33911ac5344c6793205965948ead24
Author: AP Archive
Go to Source
News post in July 22, 2024, 3:06 pm.
Visit Our Sponsor’s:
News Post In – News
