[News] Civilian Palestinian men stripped and detained by Israeli army in Gaza - at least 7 shot

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Civilian Palestinian men stripped and detained by Israeli army in Gaza
By Nadda Osman and Aina J Khan in London and Nader Durgham in Beirut
December 7, 2023
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Israeli <https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel> forces stripped
dozens of civilian Palestinian
<https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine> men of their clothes
before detaining them and taking them to an undisclosed location, footage
published on Thursday showed.

An eyewitness said at least seven men were shot dead by troops for not
complying with the soldiers’ orders fast enough, according to the
Euro-Mediterranean
Human Rights Monitor
<https://euromedmonitor.org/ar/article/6011/%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84-%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84-%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%85>
.

The men were reportedly rounded up from homes and schools sheltering
displaced families in the northern Gaza Strip.

Diaa al-Kahlout, a journalist working for the Al Araby Al Jadeed
<https://www.alaraby.co.uk/entertainment_media/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%B6%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%83%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AA>,
was identified amongst them.

The Euro-Mediterranean monitor said doctors, academics, journalists and
seniors were among those detained.

Israeli troops on Thursday stormed the Khalifa Bin Zayed al-Nahyan and
Aleppo schools in Beit Lahia after encircling them for days.

Footage taken by residents and reporters shows Israeli snipers
<https://twitter.com/qudsn/status/1732746357788545420> taking position on
rooftops of homes near the Khalifa school. Another video
<https://twitter.com/QudsNen/status/1732749221848027353> showed bodies of
dead men reportedly strewn in the courtyards of the Aleppo school.

Middle East Eye could not independently verify the footage.

After forcing everyone out of the schools, Israeli soldiers arrested the
men and let the women and children flee on foot
<https://twitter.com/AJA_Egypt/status/1732769056388772298>.

They then went home to home in some neighbourhoods in Beit Lahia, removing
residents before arresting the men and setting some homes ablaze, according
to the Euro-Mediterranean monitor.

The Geneva-based group said the men were arrested arbitrarily and beaten by
soldiers.

Footage published on Israeli Telegram pages and media showed dozens of men
rounded up, with their clothes stripped off, their eyes covered and their
hands tied.

Some videos showed them in a residential area before being loaded onto
trucks. Another photo showed them lined up in an open sandy area.

It was not clear where they were taken to.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the mass arrests.

Some Israeli media said the men are “possible” Hamas operatives but no
further details were provided.

Osama Hamdan, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, denied that there had
been mass arrests of the group’s members and likened the arrests to “Nazi
concentration camps”.

He told Al Araby TV the footage shows the “arrest and abuse of unarmed
civilians who have nothing to do with military operations”.
Food queues

Meanwhile, footage from Deir al-Balah
<https://twitter.com/RamAbdu/status/1732684596142059680> shared on
Wednesday and Thursday showed queues of desperate Palestinians outside food
distribution centres, as resources continue to deplete rapidly.

According to a new report by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
<https://twitter.com/SamerWFP/status/1732441923409887420?s=20>, at least 97
percent of households in northern Gaza have “inadequate food” to meet their
needs.

The report also found that at least nine out of 10 people are going a full
day and night without food in the south of Gaza. Additionally, more than
one-third of households are suffering from high to severe levels of hunger.

The heavy bombardment has hampered aid efforts, as the Rafah area was
bombed on Thursday.

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the Israeli bombing killed
at least 350 Palestinians and left 900 wounded on Wednesday.

This took the death toll since the start of the war
<https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-palestine-war>on 7 October to
more than 17,100, including over 7,00o children and nearly 5,000 women.

The head of the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) described
the situation in Gaza as going “far beyond a humanitarian crisis”.

"It is a humanitarian catastrophe. It is a chaotic situation, and I'm
extremely worried that very soon people will be in a mode of just trying to
survive, which will come with very severe consequences,” Christos Christou,
a doctor, said.
Israel and Lebanon skirmishes

Skirmishes between the Israeli army and the Lebanese group
Hezbollah continued on Thursday.

Israel’s rescue service, Magen David Adom, said a 60-year-old was killed by
an anti-tank missile fired from the direction of Lebanon towards the
Israeli village of Mattat.

Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari said several launches were detected
from south Lebanon, and that the army responded by attacking at the source
of fire.

Later, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to turn the
Lebanese capital Beirut and southern Lebanon "into Gaza and Khan Younis",
should Hezbollah go for an all-out war, Axios reported.

Amnesty
<https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/12/lebanon-deadly-israeli-attack-on-journalists-must-be-investigated-as-a-war-crime/>
International determined that Israeli strikes on a group of seven
journalists in south Lebanon on 13 October should be investigated as a "war
crime".

The Israeli strike killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six
others, and was "likely a direct attack on civilians", Amnesty
International said.

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli raids also continued, with at least 42
Palestinians detained overnight and in pre-dawn raids. Half of those
detained were Palestinian workers from Gaza, according to the Wafa news
agency.

Since 7 October, Israel has detained more than 3,640 Palestinians, Wafa
reported.
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