Small group of Gaza detainees released, revealing 'inhuman' conditions in Israeli jails

A new batch of Palestinian detainees from Gaza were released on Tuesday with new details on the horrifying conditions in Israeli jails, according to local media.

WAFA and Quds News Network both reported that 25 detainees arrived in Gaza via the Kerem Shalom crossing on Tuesday morning and were transferred to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis for treatment following months in captivity in "inhuman" conditions, the news agencies reported.

A video showed some of the detainees wearing old clothes, looking gaunt and pale, leaving an ambulance in Gaza, some of them with bandages around their heads.

Footage showed one of the men, Walid Ibrahim Habib, with horrific injuries across his arms and legs, fitting with the chilling testimonies of other former detainees and guards about the treatment of prisoners in Israeli detention centres.

Medical sources told local media that the recently released detainees were endured severe torture during detention including continuous beatings and electric shocks.

Many of the detainees could be seen with cuts around their arms, likely from handcuffs, with former prisoners saying they were shackled for months at a time causing injuries so horrific that some Palestinians had limbs amputated.

Israel had detained around 1,402 Palestinians from Gaza under the so-called Unlawful Combatants law, which excludes those held for less than 45-days without a formal order, Amnesty International reported.

At least 10,000 Palestinians from the West Bank have also been held, often denied adequate food, water, and medical treatment and subject to frequent beatings.

Israel has released small batches of detainees which include journalists, medics, and other civilians, while others have been subject to harrowing treatment with no access to lawyers or rights groups, including rape and torture leading to death.

Israel's war on Gaza has killed over 40,173 Palestinians since 7 October, although the real death toll is thought to be much higher.