Palestinian prisoners freed by Israel say they were tortured, threatened
Al Jazeera
Two women and six men were released from Ofer Prison and were taken to Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza.
Eight Palestinian prisoners released by the Israeli military have said they were tortured and threatened in custody.
Two women and six men were released from Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank on Thursday. Among the prisoners, some of the men appeared to show signs of physical abuse and were grimacing in pain.
Reporting from Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary said the freed prisoners were “completely exhausted”.
“One of the females was unable to walk and was carried inside the emergency department on a stretcher.”
The prisoners were not arrested at the same time, she said, adding that one of the men, an aid truck driver, was detained at the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing.
