The Israeli government seemingly kidnapped droves of Gazan workers weeks ago.
Relatives of Palestinians detained in Israeli jails carry pictures of prisoners as they demonstrate to demand their release and in solidarity with the people of the Gaza Strip, in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on October 28, 2023.Thousands of workers from Gaza who were in Israel on work permits have been unaccounted for since Israel began its current siege of Gaza on October 7, with their families fearing that the workers have been detained by Israeli forces.
One worker, who remained anonymous due to fear of reprisal, said that he was kept in a roofless “cage” that was exposed to the sun, according to testimony to an Israeli-based human rights organization, HaMoked, that was reported by“Walid” was given no water, food or toilet access for three days, after which he was moved to a 300 square meter camp in which hundreds of fellow day laborers were forced to share one toilet.
Jaish said that the imprisoned workers are being tortured. “They’re beaten and scarves are tied around their eyes so they don’t know where they are. Many of them are sick and they don’t give them medicine. They don’t give them water or food. They’re in open-air camps and aren’t allowed to speak to each other,” Jaish told. “We’re told one person was killed as he tried to fight a soldier. They broke one worker’s jaw, another one his leg, another one his hands. I’ve met them in hospital.
He added that they were kept in a dark room, beaten, and refused food, water and medication. “All my kids and grandkids in Gaza depend on me, there are 23 people in my family that depend on me. Now I have no home, no job and no money. How am I supposed to live anymore? It’s unbearable.” HaMoked said that they have received hundreds of calls from families who can’t locate their loved ones who had permits to work in Israel, butthat the detaining of the workers is unprecedented, illegal under international law and a “prohibited act of vengeance,” five Israel-based organizations wrote in a letter on October 12., up from about 5,200 before October 7. “We don’t know where our parents and families are — don’t know if we’ll see them again,” one worker, using the pseudonym Saleh, told.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Thousands break into aid warehouses in Gaza as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens ground offensiveA U.N. agency says thousands of people have broken into aid warehouses in Gaza to take flour and basic hygiene products
Read more »
Thousands rally in Pakistan against Israel’s bombing in Gaza, chanting anti-American slogansThousands of supporters of Pakistan’s main politico-religious party rallied in the capital, Islamabad, Sunday against Israel’s bombing of Palestinians in Gaza, chanting anti-American slogans and accusing the U.S. of “backing the aggressor.”
Read more »
Thousands break into aid warehouses in Gaza as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens ground warThousands break into aid warehouses in Gaza to take flour, hygiene products, a U.N. agency says. Gaza death toll hits 8,000 as Israel widens ground war.
Read more »
Thousands break into aid warehouses in Gaza as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens ground offensiveCommunications were restored to much of Gaza early Sunday after a bombardment described by Gaza residents as the most intense of the war knocked out most contact with the territory late Friday
Read more »
Thousands break into aid warehouses in Gaza as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens ground offensiveThousands of people broke into aidwarehouses in Gaza to take flour and basic hygiene products, a U.N.agency said Sunday, in a mark of growing desperation and the breakdownof public order three weeks into the war between Israel and Gaza’smilitant Hamas rulers.
Read more »
Thousands break into aid warehouses in Gaza as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens ground offensiveA U.N. agency says thousands of people have broken into aid warehouses in Gaza to take flour and basic hygiene products. It’s a sign of growing desperation.
Read more »