DEIR AL-BALAH: A Palestinian man being handled at a Gaza hospital for extreme bruising on his face, cuts on his fingers and different accidents mentioned Israeli troopers beat him with chunks of masonry and chairs after bursting into his residence on Feb 20. The account by Ramadan Shamlakh, 22, which Reuters couldn’t confirm from one other supply, was the newest in a collection of allegations of mistreatment of Palestinians by Israeli forces because the begin of their struggle in opposition to Hamas. The Israeli military says it treats detainees in accordance with worldwide legislation. Filmed for Reuters by a contract video journalist at Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Shamlakh had a bloodstained bandage wrapped round his head and one other round his left arm. His face was swollen and bloodied, and he couldn’t open his proper eye. He walked with a limp. He had a collection of cuts on the again of the fingers of his proper hand, which he mentioned have been made with a knife. “He would lie me down on the ground and tell me not to move. He would get rocks, the broken ones from our balcony, and throw them at my legs,” Shamlakh mentioned, describing his remedy by one of many troopers. “Whenever I would move, I would find his boot, kicking me here, kicking me there. I couldn’t breathe, I couldn’t speak,” he mentioned, including that the soldier had additionally smashed up two chairs over him. Reuters offered Shamlakh’s title, the title of the realm the place he lived and the date of the alleged beating to an Israeli military spokesperson, who mentioned the military was unaware of the incident. The spokesperson requested for coordinates, which Reuters didn’t have. The military has mentioned it was detaining and questioning folks suspected of involvement in what it calls terrorist exercise, with out disclosing numbers, as a part of its operations in Gaza. These discovered to not be concerned in terrorism or combating have been launched, it mentioned. Shamlakh mentioned troops have been working with tanks within the space the place he lives, Zeitoun in Gaza Metropolis, in a single day on Monday. At about 6:30am on Tuesday they destroyed a wall, entered the home and interrogated him over the following few hours, he mentioned. “They’d ask me ‘where is Hamas?’ I’d say ‘I don’t know’. ‘Where are the tunnels? Where are the stores of weapons?’ I told them ‘I’m a civilian, I’m a civilian’,” mentioned Shamlakh. Dr Anas Al-Kurd mentioned Shamlakh had accidents throughout his physique and the Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital didn’t have all of the provides it wanted to deal with him appropriately. “He was supposed to be transferred to the European Hospital so that he could be seen by an eye specialist, but the occupying forces were located on the Al Rashid route and had cut it off,” he mentioned. “So this young man remains with us, suffering in pain and all he can take are painkillers.” Reuters and different media have reported different incidents during which folks detained by Israeli forces in Gaza have alleged that they have been crushed and subjected to degrading remedy. Reuters studies have included a lady who mentioned she was imprisoned for weeks, insulted and mistreated; a health care provider who mentioned he was shackled, blindfolded and disadvantaged of sleep throughout a 45-day detention; and three brothers who mentioned they and fellow detainees have been crushed, stripped to their underwear and burnt with cigarettes. The Israeli army didn’t touch upon the element of any of these allegations, however mentioned that its protocols have been to deal with detainees with dignity and that incidents during which the rules weren’t adopted can be regarded into. It has beforehand denied focusing on or abusing civilians. The struggle was triggered by Hamas militants from Gaza who attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 folks and taking 253 folks hostage, in response to Israel. Vowing to destroy Hamas, Israel has responded with an air and floor assault on densely populated Gaza which has killed greater than 29,400 folks, in response to native well being authorities which don’t distinguish between combatant and non-combatant casualties. Israel’s offensive has displaced a lot of the strip’s 2.3 million folks, brought about widespread starvation and illness, and laid waste to a lot of the territory.
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