Over the first four days of Israel-Hamas prisoner exchange, Israel arrests 133 Palestinians while releasing 150.

Over the first four days of Israel-Hamas prisoner exchange, Israel arrests 133 Palestinians while releasing 150.

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But the worry for Palestinian prisoners does not end after their release. The majority of those freed are usually rearrested by Israeli forces in the days, weeks, months and years after their release.

Dozens of those who were arrested in a 2011 Israel-Hamas prisoner exchange were rearrested and had their sentences reinstated.

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Many of the women and children released during the truce have testified to the abuse they experienced in Israeli prisons.

Several videos have also emerged in recent weeks of Israeli soldiers beating, stepping on, abusing and humiliating detained Palestinians who have been blindfolded, cuffed and stripped either partially or entirely. Many social media users said the scenes brought back memories of the torture tactics used by United States forces in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison in 2003.

  • @T00l_shedEnglish
    -1•1 year ago

    I’m not defensive, I’m simply tired of the amount of people who focus on “well hamas” when the issue right now, is Israel bombing the fuck out of innocent Palestinians. I have said fuck hamas countless times. As I said before, it’s not black and white. For example I hate that Islam is generally very negative towards LGBT people, and, I know Hamas isn’t LGBT friendly, but right now, that’s no what needs to be focused on. I’m tried of people excusing the Israel genocide of Palestine because Hamas is horrible. The standards are different because at this exact point in time, Israel is the aggressor, well funded with the best in high tech military Gear, and the choose to flatten parts of Gaza. They make outright lies and claims that are BS, and they keep getting praise for it. As soon as you say something remotely critical of Israel you’re called antisemitic. I’m tired of people thinking it’s black and white, it’s not, I’m tired of having to say " well Israel did this bad thing, but Hamas is bad too" no fucking shit. That’s not the point right now. If Israel used their tech actually targeted Hamas leaders ( who are mostly not in Gaza) no one would really complain. No instead they chose to move 1.5million people, out of 2 million, into a war torn hell scape, bombing hospitals, ambulances, schools and homes. And people have the gall to say, “well you didn’t say Hamas is bad”.