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<p>[10445] 25 Operation Cast Lead: 'Izzat Kasab, pensioner. On 7 January 2009, soldiers entered his house, beat members of the family and arrested 'Izzat and three of this sons. Kasab was mistreated during the detention, which lasted until 20 January. </p><p>Photo credit: Muhammad Sabah, B'Tselem</p>
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Operation Cast Lead: 'Izzat Kasab, pensioner. On 7...
<p>[10271] 4 Salwa Rizaq Suliman Salah, 17, who was administratively detained for four months. </p><p>Photo credit: Suha Zeid, B'Tselem</p>
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Salwa Rizaq Suliman Salah, 17, who was administratively...
<p>[10058] 18 Muhammad Khawajah, 12, from Ni'lin, was arrested at his home in the middle of the night by soldiers who beat him and dragged him along the ground. During his interrogation, he was beaten and held for four days alongside adults in Ofer Prison.</p><p>Photo credit: Iyad Hadad, B'Tselem</p>
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Muhammad Khawajah, 12, from Ni'lin, was arrested at...
<p>[9540] 13 Israeli Special Patrol Unit officers assaulted Fadi Darabi', resulting in amputation of one of his testicles, 13 April 2008, testimony no. 5450</p><p>Photo credit: Musa Abu Hashhash, B'Tselem</p>
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Israeli Special Patrol Unit officers assaulted Fadi Darabi...
<p>[8649] 15 Luai Ashkar, whom Shabak interrogators allegedly tortured by bending his body into the ''banana position'' and breaking a bone in his back. Ashkar has been handicapped since his interrogation.</p><p>Photo credit: Abd el-Karim a-Sadi, B'Tselem</p>
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Luai Ashkar, whom Shabak interrogators allegedly tortured...
<p>[7442] 18 Palestinians detained by the police in Jerusalem's French Hill neighborhood. The photos were taken by a tourist in a tour bus on 18 February 2006.</p><p>Photo credit: Anonymous photographer</p>
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Palestinians detained by the police in Jerusalem's...
<p>[5505] 17 'Aahed Hasan Onbos from Tulkarem who has been prevented from visiting his detained sons.</p><p>Photo credit: Abd el-Karim a-Sadi, B'Tselem</p>
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'Aahed Hasan Onbos from Tulkarem who has been...
<p>[5705] 8 Khamis al-Majdalawi from Beit Hanun, Gaza Strip, near the ruins of his house. The house was demolished on 5 July 2004. Soldiers confined his family to one small room for three days before the demolition.</p><p>Photo credit: Mazen Al Majdalawy, B'Tselem</p>
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Khamis al-Majdalawi from Beit Hanun, Gaza Strip, near the...
<p>[4350] 28 A detainee at an ad-hoc roadblock outside the village of Huwarra. His handcuffs were very tight and were only loosened at the request of B'Tselem staff.</p><p>Photo credit: Eliezer Moav, B'Tselem</p>
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A detainee at an ad-hoc roadblock outside the village of...
<p>[5098] 14 A Palestinian man detained by the IDF.</p><p>Photo credit: Nidal Kana’ane, B'Tselem</p>
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A Palestinian man detained by the IDF.
<p>[1127] 23 Two Palestinians who were blindfolded as punishment after they refused to clean up trash around the Huwarra checkpoint as they had been ordered by IDF soldiers.</p><p>Photo credit: Eliezer Moav, B'Tselem</p>
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Two Palestinians who were blindfolded as punishment after...
<p>[886] 19 Plastic handcuffs on a detainee held at the Beit Furik checkpoint.</p><p>Photo credit: Checkpoint Monitors Team, B'Tselem</p>
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Plastic handcuffs on a detainee held at the Beit Furik...
<p>[4851] 19 An Israeli soldier guards two detained Palestinians at the Beit Furik checkpoint.</p><p>Photo credit: Checkpoint Monitors Team, B'Tselem</p>
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An Israeli soldier guards two detained Palestinians at the...
<p>[4886] 7 Palestinian workers on their way home from work held by border police at the Gilo checkpoint while their IDs are checked.</p><p>Photo credit: Magnus Johansson, © Reuters</p>
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Palestinian workers on their way home from work held by...
<p>[4835] 7 Ziyad a-Shaloudi, age 15, who was beaten after trying to prevent a soldier from touching his sister-in-law. He was then held for nine days and indicted for assaulting a soldier.</p><p>Photo credit: Nayef Hashlamoun, © Reuters</p>
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Ziyad a-Shaloudi, age 15, who was beaten after trying to...
<p>[4836] 27 Soldiers search a Palestinian man in the center of the city of Hebron.</p><p>Photo credit: Loay Abu Haykel, © Reuters</p>
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Soldiers search a Palestinian man in the center of the city...
<p>[1311] 31 Arrested Palestinians being guarded by IDF soldiers during Operation Defensive Shield.</p><p>Photo credit: Osama Silwadi, © Reuters</p>
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Arrested Palestinians being guarded by IDF soldiers during...
<p>[1316] 11 An Israeli soldier handcuffs Palestinian men after rounding up all males age 14-40 in the Deheisha refugee camp, near Bethlehem, during Operation Defensive Shield.</p><p>Photo credit: Ammar Awad, © Reuters</p>
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An Israeli soldier handcuffs Palestinian men after rounding...
<p>[1317] 11 Israeli soldiers guard Palestinians they have arrested after entering Qalqilya, as part of Operation Defensive Shield, March 2002.</p><p>Photo credit: Omar Qusini, © Reuters</p>
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Israeli soldiers guard Palestinians they have arrested...
<p>[4857] 25 Israeli soldiers stranglehold a Palestinian boy in the West Bank town of Hebron.</p><p>Photo credit: Loay Abu Haykel, © Reuters</p>
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Israeli soldiers stranglehold a Palestinian boy in the West...
<p>[4534] 20 Mahmud Zeid in the Megiddo military detention center. Zeid from the village of Silat al-Harthiyya in the northern West Bank served over three years in administrative detention, from 1994 to 1997.</p><p>Photo credit: Family photo</p>
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Mahmud Zeid in the Megiddo military detention center. Zeid...
<p>[3555] 2 Demonstration of the "shabah," one of the most common forms of torture used in interrogations by the General Security Service, prior to the Israeli High Court ruling in September 1999 outlawing physical force interrogations.</p><p>Photo credit: B'Tselem</p>
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Demonstration of the "shabah," one of the most...
<p>[2627] 1 Demonstration of one of the forms of torture used in interrogations by the General Security Service, prior to the ruling by Israel's High Court in September 1999 outlawing physical force in interrogations.</p><p>Photo credit: B'Tselem</p>
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Demonstration of one of the forms of torture used in...
<p>[2635] 1 Demonstration of a form of torture used in GSS interrogations. The detainee sits with his hands cuffed behind a chair, the interrogator puts pressure on his head with his foot. Such methods were ruled illegal by the Israeli High Court in Sept. 1999.</p><p>Photo credit: B'Tselem</p>
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Demonstration of a form of torture used in GSS...