Israeli occupation forces arrested Fadi Abu Bakr on 5/1/2024. Fadi recounts the torture he suffered inside the prison, where he was stripped of his clothes and forced to lie on small pebbles during rainy weather, prisoners were also forcibly made to wear diapers. He described experiencing the worst kinds of torture while detained.

Israeli occupation forces detained Ghazi Shaat (20 years old) while he was transporting aid in Gaza, where he worked as a truck driver. Shaat recounts the torture and beatings he suffered inside the occupation prisons during his 31-day detention.

Israeli occupation forces detained lawyer Allam Hijazi on 16/11/2023 from the safe passage in Gaza for 220 days. Allam recounted the forms of torture he suffered during his detention, including broken bones, and was transferred from one prison to another.

Israeli occupation forces detained surgeon Dr. Issam Abu Ajwa for 200 days in their prisons. He was arrested from  Al-Mamadani Hospital and lost 37 kilograms during his detention. Dr. Abu Ajwa mentioned that an Israeli interrogator threatened to paralyze his hands to prevent him from continuing his medical work.

Israeli occupation forces detained Abdul Hakim Al-Amsi for 60 days, during which he endured severe torture. As a result of the abuse he suffered in prison, he lost his memory and developed serious psychological issues.

Sohaib Al-Ar’eer speaks about the torture of prisoners by Israeli occupation forces and the stages of his detention after being arrested from Gaza. He describes how “dogs attacked them, and another prisoner was tortured with electricity.” He was then transferred to Ofer Prison, where they also sprayed pepper on him.

On 25/2/2024, Israeli occupation soldiers arrested Sufyan Mohammed Abu Salah, 43 years old, from a shelter center (Haroun Al-Rashid School). The soldiers forced the displaced people to leave the area, separating women from men and evacuating the women and children to the south of the Gaza Strip on foot while arresting the men. During his detention, Sufyan was subjected to brutal forms of torture. He was released on 15/4/2024 and underwent emergency surgery on his leg, which had to be amputated due to severe infection.

Sufyan is not the first nor the last detainee; the Israeli occupation implements the same approach on thousands of young Palestinian men. Sufyan was released alongside six other detainees:

1. Ghassan Mohammed Ibrahim Abu Salah, 46 years old.
2. Abdul Qader Ahmed Abdul Qader Baraka, 34 years old.
3. Abdul Wahab Zahir Mohammed Al-Hissi, 24 years old.
4. Ali Ahmed Ali Al-Nims, 27 years old.
5. Ali Wael Abdullah Abu Hadrous, 27 years old.
6. Mu’tasim Saadi Nimer Al-Nimer.

Detainee Saeed Abu Watfa (31 years old), who was recently released, described his harrowing detention conditions.

Abu Watfa stated that he spent 60 days in captivity, during which he was subjected to torture day and night using dogs, beatings, and insults. He was then transferred with others to a place known as “Hell,” where they were electrically shocked.