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.

  • FG_3479@lemmy.world
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    >Palestine TV says the Israeli soldiers burned the child’s leg with a cigarette, pricked him and inserted a nail to his leg.

    Palestinian propaganda channels are not trustworthy. I would not believe this without a better source.

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        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.

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          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?

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      “Erm acshurally someone with dark skin said this, I need a corporate apporved white person from a news source owned by a billionaire to tell me because I cant think for myself”

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        Of course. You should only believe things white people on Lemmy who already agree with you post. Like the article in OP. /s