A Palestinian toddler was tortured and abused by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip over the weekend, in a sickening way to extract a false confession from his detained father, Palestinian journalists and media have said.
Karim Abu Nassar, an 18-month-old boy, was taken away from his father, Osama, after Israeli soldiers interrogated his parents as the pair were out to buy necessities in the vicinity of the Al-Maghazi camp, in central Gaza, according to journalist Osama al-Kahlout.
Israeli soldiers extinguished cigarettes on the Palestinian toddler, pricked him, and forced metal nails into his skin during an hours-long ordeal, according to the report.
Multiple eyewitnesses said the two were caught in a crossfire near the camp, with Abu Nassar forced to leave his son on the ground and approach a military checkpoint , where he was interrogated and stripped of his clothes.
Israeli forces then detained the toddler before subjecting him to physical abuse in front of his father to force a confession.
The Palestinian baby was then handed over to his family by the International Red Cross at the Al-Maghazi market following the 10-hour-long torment. His father remains in detention.
A medical report, cited by Palestinian media and Al Jazeera Arabic, confirmed the toddler’s injuries.
Images shared by news outlets showed visible, dark, circular marks, largely understood to be caused by the cigarettes, on the child’s legs.
The toddler's ordeal has drawn outrage from pro-Palestinian activists, who said Israel’s actions reflect their intentions to mistreat Palestinians, including children, despite a months-long ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
In addition to this ordeal, Osama Abu Nassar, is reportedly suffering from mental health difficulties and has been receiving treatment due to the impact of the horrors of Israel's military campaign in the Gaza Strip , and a loss of income due to the war. Though it remains unknown what the Israeli forces were trying to get the Palestinian father to confess to, the military has widely used torture against detainees during the war in Gaza to extract information from them that promotes the Israeli narrative of the war in Gaza.
Since the onset of the war in October 2023, the Israeli military has forced scores of Palestinians to "admit" on video that they have links to Hamas or took part in the 7 October attack, following multiple probes by leading human rights organisations.
Staff from the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, also said Gaza residents were coerced by Israeli forces into making false confessions via waterboarding and beatings.
Throughout the war in Gaza, the Israeli military has captured thousands of Palestinians from Gaza, from inside Israel, and from the occupied West Bank. Hundreds of Palestinians continue to be held today , across various detention centres, such as Sde Teiman and Ofer Prison.
Since the ceasefire was declared in Gaza in October last year, Israel has killed at least 677 Palestinians in a grave violation of the agreement, and has continued to carry out near-daily attacks on the enclave.
More than 72,000 Palestinians have been killed throughout the military campaign, which has largely destroyed the enclave. Hundreds of Palestinians continue to be held today , across various detention centres, such as Sde Teiman and Ofer Prison.
Since the ceasefire was declared in Gaza in October last year, Israel has killed at least 677 Palestinians in a grave violation of the agreement, and has continued to carry out near-daily attacks on the enclave.
More than 72,000 Palestinians have been killed throughout the military campaign, which has largely destroyed the enclave.
as then handed over to his family by the International Red Cross at the Al-Maghazi market following the 10-hour-long torment. His father remains in detention.
A medical report, cited by Palestinian media and Al Jazeera Arabic, confirmed the toddler’s injuries.
Images shared by news outlets showed visible, dark, circular marks, largely understood to be caused by the cigarettes, on the child’s legs.
The toddler's ordeal has drawn outrage from pro-Palestinian activists, who said Israel’s actions reflect their intentions to mistreat Palestinians, including children, despite a months-long ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
In addition to this ordeal, Osama Abu Nassar, is reportedly suffering from mental health difficulties and has been receiving treatment due to the impact of the horrors of Israel's military campaign in the Gaza Strip , and a loss of income due to the war. Though it remains unknown what the Israeli forces were trying to get the Palestinian father to confess to, the military has widely used torture against detainees during the war in Gaza to extract information from them that promotes the Israeli narrative of the war in Gaza.
Since the onset of the war in October 2023, the Israeli military has forced scores of Palestinians to "admit" on video that they have links to Hamas or took part in the 7 October attack, following multiple probes by leading human rights organisations.
Staff from the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, also said Gaza residents were coerced by Israeli forces into making false confessions via waterboarding and beatings.
Throughout the war in Gaza, the Israeli military has captured thousands of Palestinians from Gaza, from inside Israel, and from the occupied West Bank. Hundreds of Palestinians continue to be held today , across various detention centres, such as Sde Teiman and Ofer Prison.
Since the ceasefire was declared in Gaza in October last year, Israel has killed at least 677 Palestinians in a grave violation of the agreement, and has continued to carry out near-daily attacks on the enclave.
More than 72,000 Palestinians have been killed throughout the military campaign, which has largely destroyed the enclave.