Israeli soldiers have subjected a one-year-old child in central Gaza to torture to pressure his father into making confessions during an interrogation, Palestine TV reported, citing Palestinian journalist Osama Al-Kahlout.
It aired footage showing injuries to the child, identified as Karim, after he was detained by Israeli forces near the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza.
While taking his child to buy supplies, he was caught up in gunfire near his home and was forced by Israeli soldiers to leave his 18-month-old son on the ground and approach a nearby military checkpoint, where he was stripped and interrogated.
The forces tortured the child in front of his father, including burning one of his legs with cigarettes, pricking him and inserting a nail into his leg, as confirmed by a medical report.
The report said the child suffered burn marks from cigarettes and puncture wounds in his leg caused by the nail.
That’s convenient, because Israel still isn’t allowing journalists into Gaza. There can’t be other sources, Israel has made sure of it.
They stated the child was returned to family via red cross. You’d think the red cross would make a statement if they received a tortured toddler.
Also this was reported via Quds News network, which has a terrible rating on every factcheck site for blatant propaganda pieces.
Oh also I should say, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories has warned that torture in Israeli prisons has become a “central tool” and that the Israeli detention system has “deteriorated… into something resembling a laboratory for cruel and deliberate practices” and they have documented severe treatment, including beatings, starvation, humiliation and other forms of inhumane practices. Among the detainees are included at least 1,500 children.
Israelis torturing a child to make a father confess is completely in character. They’re a sick society.
The Red Cross doesn’t make statements prior to investigation, and it’s not like Israel is going to let them conduct one.
But there’s literal footage of the wounds. Where do you think those wounds came from?