UPDATE ON THE SITUATION- Mohammed Abou Salmiya, director of al-Shifa hospital, said he was subjected “to severe torture” during his detention in Israel and suffered a broken thumb.
The director of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Mohammed Abou Salmiya, on Monday accused Israel of «tortures». Meanwhile, the Israeli army reported a salvo of «20 projectiles» fired from the southern Gaza Strip into Israeli territory. Le Figaro takes stock of the Israel-Hamas conflict this Monday, July 1.
Al-Shifa Hospital Director and ‘Dozens of Other Prisoners’ Freed by Israel
The director of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Mohammed Abu Salmiya, accused Israel on Monday of «tortures», upon his release after more than seven months of detention. Dozens of Palestinian prisoners, including the director of al-Shifa, the largest in the Palestinian territory, have been released by Israel and transferred to medical centers in the Gaza Strip, a medical source from the Palestinian hospital said on Monday. martyrs of Al Aqsa, in Deir el-Balah (center). Five of them were admitted there and the others were transferred to hospitals in Khan Younes, according to this source.
Asked by AFP about the release of prisoners and allegations of torture, the Israeli army indicated “verify this information”. Mohammed Abou Salmiya claimed to have been subjected “to severe torture” during his detention in Israel and suffered a broken thumb. “The prisoners are subjected to all kinds of torture”the doctor said at a press conference. “Many prisoners died in interrogation centers and were deprived of food and medicine”. “For two months, the prisoners ate only one loaf of bread a day”he continued, adding that they were “subjected to physical and psychological humiliation”The doctor, arrested at the end of November, claimed to have been detained “without having been charged”.
Army reports salvo of “20 projectiles” fired from Gaza towards Israel
The Israeli army reported a salvo of «20 projectiles» fired from the southern Gaza Strip into Israeli territory, an attack claimed by the armed wing of the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad. “About 20 projectiles were identified as coming from the Khan Younis area”the army said in a statement. “A number of projectiles were intercepted and others fell in southern Israel”. There were no injuries, according to the army, which indicated “aim at the origin of the shots” to the artillery.
The al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, announced in a short statement that it had “struck” in a way “concentrated” Israeli localities around the Gaza Strip with rockets, “in response to the crimes of the Zionist enemy against our Palestinian people”.
Islamic Jihad has been fighting in the Gaza Strip alongside Hamas, against the Israeli army since October 7. On October 7, Hamas carried out an unprecedented attack against Israel which resulted in the deaths of 1,195 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli data. In response, the Israeli army launched a large-scale offensive on the Gaza Strip which cost the lives of 37,877 Palestinians, mostly civilians, according to data from the Ministry of Health of the Hamas-led Gaza government, data not verifiable.
