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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 470

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Abdullah Zahra demonstrates how he was tortured in a cell at Branch 215, a detention facility run by military intelligence during Bashar al-Assad's regime, in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
January 7, 2025, 12:29 pm
‘My screams would go to heaven’: Syrians speak out about torture under Assad
Long silenced by fear, men and women finally share what happened in the 100 detention facilities where torture, brutality, sexual violence and mass executions were rampant
By Sarah El Deeb and Malak Harb
This image released by the IDF on January 20, 2024, shows the inside of a cell in a Hamas tunnel in southern Gaza's Khan Younis where hostages were held. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 29, 2024, 12:03 pm
Teens forced to perform sexual acts on each other: Report to UN details Hamas torture
Government document compiles grim details of abuse of hostages, including whipping, branding with heated iron, isolation, binding, starving, maltreatment and psychological torment
By Michael Bachner and Diana Bletter
People ride on a motorcycle at the entrance of the Yarmuk camp for Palestinian refugees in the south of Damascus on December 19, 2024. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP)
December 22, 2024, 8:25 am
Amid ruins of Damascus camp-city, Palestinian refugees recall horrors of Assad’s regime
Mahmud Khaled Ajaj describes torture he faced in Syrian prison while Haitham Hassan al-Nada recounts being shot, left for dead as a deserter for not wanting to fight in Syrian army
By Dave Clark
A still image taken from CCTV footage and released by the IDF on November 10, 2024 shows a Palestinian detainee chained by his feet to the ceiling by a Hamas operative in the Gaza Strip. The footage is said by the IDF to document the widespread use of torture by Hamas against its opponents.
November 10, 2024, 4:55 pm
Israel publishes footage of Hamas torturing Palestinian detainees in Gaza
Clips show people bound, beaten, their limbs forced into unnatural positions; IDF says video shows terror group’s ‘brutal method’ of repressing dissent
By ToI Staff
This undated photo taken in winter 2023 and provided by Breaking the Silence, a whistleblower group of former Israeli soldiers, shows blindfolded Palestinians captured in the Gaza Strip in a detention facility on the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel. (Breaking The Silence via AP)
September 18, 2024, 6:29 pm
High Court declines to shutter Sde Teiman, orders state to abide by law for detainees
Court notes that conditions at detention facility have improved since petition was filed, says maintaining rule of law distinguishes Israel from its enemies
By Jeremy Sharon
Israeli soldiers and police clash with far-right protesters who broke into the Beit Lid army base over the detention for questioning of military reservists suspected of abusing Palestinian terrorist detainees, in Kfar Yona, July 29, 2024. (Oren Ziv/AFP)
August 11, 2024, 4:46 am
Almost 2 weeks later, probe opened into far-right rioters who broke into military bases
Police and IDF confirm investigation into storming of Sde Teiman and Beit Lid facilities by protesters decrying arrest of soldiers suspected of abusing Palestinian terror detainees
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Bereaved families from the October 7 massacres and right-wing activists protest against a hearing in the High Court of Justice over a petition against the conditions of Hamas terrorists and suspects in the Sde Teiman detention facility, where severe allegations of abuses and torture have been made, August 7, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 7, 2024, 5:24 pm
Right-wing protesters disrupt High Court hearing over Sde Teiman detention center
Chief justice says legal proceedings cannot be interrupted; state insists ‘core principles’ of law upheld at facility, where severe abuse of Palestinian detainees has been alleged
By Jeremy Sharon
Hamas terrorists who were caught during the October 7th massacre and during the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip, seen at a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 6, 2024, 9:59 pm
State admits some Sde Teiman detainees kept in permanent restraints, blindfolds
Responding to a human rights petition to the High Court, officials say restraints used for security purposes, insists facility run in accordance with the law
By Jeremy Sharon
Alleged Hamas members who were caught during their October 7 terrorist massacre and during the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip, seen at a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 6, 2024, 10:12 am
B’Tselem alleges Israeli policy of abuse, torture of Palestinian prisoners
Prison Service, IDF reject report claiming that under Ben Gvir, detainees subjected to ‘systematic, institutional policy’ of ‘unrelenting physical and psychological violence’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Far-right activists protest against the detention of nine Israeli reserve soldiers suspected of abusing a Hamas terror suspect, at the Sde Teiman military base near Beersheba, July 29, 2024. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
August 5, 2024, 7:25 pm
A week on, no arrests or summonses against rioters who broke into military bases
Law enforcement officials silent on investigations, though Hebrew media report says police have begun collecting evidence
By Jeremy Sharon
This undated photo taken in winter 2023 and provided by Breaking the Silence, a whistleblower group of former Israeli soldiers, shows blindfolded Palestinians captured in the Gaza Strip in a detention facility on the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel. (Breaking The Silence via AP)
July 31, 2024, 10:48 pm
Torture, abuse, unfit conditions: The allegations over Sde Teiman and its guards
Military prosecutors are investigating multiple allegations made by whistleblowers and former detainees of mistreatment of inmates at southern facility amid Gaza war
By Jeremy Sharon
Hamas terrorists who were caught during the October 7th massacre and during the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip, seen at a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 31, 2024, 1:41 pm
UN report says Palestinian detainees in Israel subjected to torture, mistreatment
Human rights office also alleges ‘arbitrary detention’ of some prisoners, notes lack of Red Cross access, and for many, lack of access to lawyer
By AP and Jeremy Sharon
This video grab shows Mohammed Abu Selmia, former director of Shifa Hospital, who was detained by Israeli forces in November, sitting with his family after his release, along with other detainees, at a hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip on Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammad Jahjouh)
July 5, 2024, 4:56 pm
Released Gaza detainees allege torture in Israeli facilities
Former inmates say they were subjected to electric shocks, deprived of bathroom access; Israel denies torture, but is probing detention facility
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Hamas terror suspects, caught during the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and ensuing war in Gaza, crouch on the ground in the courtyard of a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 28, 2024, 6:23 pm
IDF sets up committee to probe alleged torture of Palestinian terror suspects
Admitting logistic issues in processing captives from Gaza, military says panel will examine conditions of detainees at facilities to determine compliance with international law
By Emanuel Fabian and Jeremy Sharon
Suspected terrorists who were caught during the October 7 massacre and during the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip, seen at a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
May 23, 2024, 1:52 pm
Rights groups petition court to shutter Negev detention facility over torture claims
Organizations cite evidence detained Gazans had surgery without anesthesia, held in agonizing positions; state approves autopsy request for Gazan doctor who died in custody
By ToI Staff
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