"Detained, Tortured & Starved": Report Details Abuse of Gaza Doctors & Staff in Israeli Detention

[Uncle Joe]

We continue to look at Israeli torture of Palestinian detainees with Naji Abbas from Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, which has just released a new report detailing the mistreatment of medical workers from Gaza. Hundreds of doctors, nurses, paramedics and other essential medical staff were arrested by Israeli forces in Gaza since October 2023 and held under brutal conditions, with many describing physical, psychological and sexual abuse, starvation, medical neglect and more. "It's a whole journey of torture and abuse," says Abbas, director of PHRI's Prisoners and Detainees Department.

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[AloeVera]

1. Barbaric, savage behaviour, no excuses for this.

Full report and testimonies here:

https://www.phr.org.il/en/torture-of-medical-workers/?pr=4632

I couldn't read the whole thing. It's sickening.

There is also this from The Guardian. Not much coverage in our media of course.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/25/israel-gaza-doctors-surgeons-healthcare-detention-international-law

Soldiers and others can only do this if they are sociopathic or if they've been told to look at all Palestinians as mere animals and they truly believe it. I'm pretty sure it's the latter.