Stripped, Beaten or Vanished: Israel’s Treatment of Gaza Detainees Raises Alarm
Raja Abdulrahim
Updated Tue, January 23, 2024
During the first month of the war, Israel warned those who did not flee areas under evacuation orders that they “may be considered a partner in a terrorist organization.” Last month, an Israeli government spokesperson, Eylon Levy, said Israeli forces were detaining “military-age men” in those areas.
Hamas was estimated to have 20,000 to 40,000 fighters before the war, according to U.S. and other Western analysts, among a population of more than 2 million people in Gaza.
“The presumption that military-aged males are combatants is troubling,” Finucane said.
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US must be advising them on detention and torture as it's now clear they were providing targeting information for attacks. |
