Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Mar 29
th, 2026 at 3:25pm:
Ai_Took_Our_Jobs wrote on Mar 29
th, 2026 at 2:18pm:
Torture and physical abuse of children in Gaza declared war crimes
The child, identified as Karim (or Jawad) Abu Nassar, was detained with his father near Al Maghazi in central Gaza. Palestine TV, citing a Gaza-based journalist, Osama al Kahlout, says Israeli soldiers tortured the child during the father’s interrogation, including extinguishing cigarettes on his leg, pricking him, and inserting a metal nail into his leg.
A medical report confirmed burn marks from cigarettes and puncture wounds from a nail. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) facilitated his release about 10 hours later, while the father remains detained, he said.
https://mronline.org/2026/03/28/torture-and-physical-abuse-of-children-in-gaza-d... And the Red Cross later said this was a false report and the kid was handed over unscathed.
No, the search context does not support the claim that the Red Cross later confirmed the toddler was handed over unscathed or that the torture allegations were a false report. While the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released video footage showing the child being handed over with stable vitals and claimed the abuse allegations were "completely unfounded," the Red Cross (ICRC) explicitly stated it could not comment on the child's physical or psychological condition due to privacy concerns.
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“There is substantial and mounting documentation that Israeli forces have systematically tortured, severely ill treated, or disappeared Palestinian children, including in Gaza since 7 October 2023,” said Dr. Ben-Meir.
Meanwhile, the UN Secretary General’s report on children and armed conflict documents over 8,000 grave violations against children in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, including verified cases of detention and ill treatment of Palestinian children by Israeli armed and security forces.
The same report notes 906 Palestinian children were detained in 2023, and that 84 children reported ill treatment during detention, along with reports of detention and sexual violence against children in Gaza.
Dr. Ramzy Baroud, Editor of Palestine Chronicle and former Managing Editor of the London-based Middle East Eye, told IPS “Dujarric is correct. This is horrific. In fact, it is beyond horrific. Equally frightening is that what has befallen this little boy, Karim, and his family is not an isolated incident but a repeated reality that has manifested itself in countless ways throughout the genocide.”