This footage was filmed and produced 16 April 2024.

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The Palestinians who were just released by Israel provided an account of the horrors they have been through in the Israeli prison, saying that they were ill-treated both physically and mentally.

According to the General Authority for Crossings and Borders in Gaza, Israel on Monday released 150 Palestinians who were detained during the military operations in the Gaza Strip.

The authority said in a press statement that the Palestinians were released via the Kerem Shalom crossing in the southern Strip.

At hospitals in Rafah City in south Gaza, many released Palestinians complained about the abuse and ill-treatment they received in the Israeli jail.

These Palestinians said they were not allowed to access anything whatsoever while in prison. They were beaten constantly and were insulted by the Israeli army.

Many said they were not offered the needed medications. Detainees with chronic diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes were not allowed to access the medications.

Some of them even witnessed the death of other Palestinian detainees, with one of them saying that he was seeing another people dying right before his eyes.

"We were more than 80 people when they arrested us. They put us in a truck, and beat us severely the whole way, which caused deep wounds on my legs. Two weeks after I entered the prison, severe infections occurred in my legs. I repeatedly asked the doctors in the prison to take me to the hospital, but they refused. Later, the infection became even more severe, and my wounds rotted, and gangrene spread in my knee. Then they took me to the hospital," said a released Palestinian Sufyan Abu Salah, who lost his leg because of the wounds.

Another released Palestinian Fatrah Abu Amer said his hand was in a bad condition.

"As you can see, the condition of my hand has become difficult. This is due to the handcuffs that were placed throughout my time in prison. In addition to severe beatings on my body, I also received several blows on my head and on my hands," he said.

According to Palestinian human rights organizations, during the ongoing Israeli ground operation in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army has arrested hundreds of Palestinians and transferred them to undisclosed locations.

A total of 33,899 Palestinians had been killed from relentless Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7 last year, when a Hamas attack killed about 1,200 Israelis and took more than 200 others hostage.

SHOTLIST

Rafah City, Gaza Strip - April 16, 2024
1. Various of Sufyan Abu Salah, Palestinian resident formerly detained by; Israel, showing his wounds; family member, other patients at hospital;
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sufyan Abu Salah, released Palestinian:
"We were more than 80 people when they arrested us. They put us in a truck, and beat us severely the whole way, which caused deep wounds on my legs. Two weeks after I entered the prison, severe infections occurred in my legs. I repeatedly asked the doctors in the prison to take me to the hospital, but they refused. Later, the infection became even more severe, and my wounds rotted, and gangrene spread in my knee. Then they took me to the hospital.";
3. Sufyan Abu Salah walking out with help of family member, doctor;
4. Released Palestinian Fatrah Abu Amer at hospital;
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fatrah Abu Amer, released Palestinian:
"As you can see, the condition of my hand has become difficult. This is due to the handcuffs that were placed throughout my time in prison. In addition to severe beatings on my body, I also received several blows on my head and on my hands.";
6. Various of Fatrah Abu Amer showing his hand, talking with others at hospital.

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