Hospital director says abuse with batons and dogs occurs ‘almost daily’ in prisons
Al-Shifa hospital director Dr Mohammed Abu Salmiya, who was detained by Israel i forces since November, after his release alongside other detainees, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. Photograph: Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images
Abuse with batons and dogs occurred “almost daily”, Dr Abu Salmiya said. “Cells are broken into and prisoners are beaten,” he added.Islamic State killed nearly 4,100 in Syria since collapse of caliphate in 2019 – report Dr Abu Salmiya’s charges have been repeated by many of the freed prisoners. They claimed conditions had deteriorated and abuses increased since the October 7th raid on southern Israel by Hamas. Since then the Israeli prison service has reported it has received more than 5,000 Palestinians arrested in Gaza and the West Bank.
Although Hamas fighters were found to have used basement rooms, evidence unearthed subsequently did not justify the claim that Al Shifa was harbouring Hamas commanders.
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