Palestinians detained by Israel return to Gaza after their release in 2024. (Credit: AFP)
Ayman* was released on Dec. 1 after being detained without charge by the Israeli army.“It all began on Oct. 6, 2024, when my wife, our three children and I were trapped in northern Gaza,” he said. “The army broadcast messages over loudspeakers telling us there was a safe corridor to flee. But when we tried to reach it, I was arrested without being told why.”He was interrogated for 10 hours, then held in inhumane conditions: stripped, handcuffed, blindfolded, beaten, denied access to a lawyer and imprisoned in the notorious Sde Teiman military facility, described as a torture camp by the Israeli rights group B’Tselem.“For 40 days, I lived through brutality, humiliation, and repeated crackdowns. Yet I’m a civilian. I’ve never belonged to any group,” Ayman said. His detention ended just as it began, without explanation, when he was dropped...
Ayman* was released on Dec. 1 after being detained without charge by the Israeli army.“It all began on Oct. 6, 2024, when my wife, our three children and I were trapped in northern Gaza,” he said. “The army broadcast messages over loudspeakers telling us there was a safe corridor to flee. But when we tried to reach it, I was arrested without being told why.”He was interrogated for 10 hours, then held in inhumane conditions: stripped, handcuffed, blindfolded, beaten, denied access to a lawyer and imprisoned in the notorious Sde Teiman military facility, described as a torture camp by the Israeli rights group B’Tselem.“For 40 days, I lived through brutality, humiliation, and repeated crackdowns. Yet I’m a civilian. I’ve never belonged to any group,” Ayman said. His detention ended just as it began, without explanation,...