Israel releases 10 Palestinians from Gaza after months of unlawful detention

Israel released ten Palestinians from the Gaza Strip under a ceasefire deal on Wednesday, after months of unlawful detention, Anadolu reports.

The freed captives were transported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central city of Deir al-Balah for medical examinations.

Palestinians previously released from Israeli detention have shown signs of abuse, severe malnutrition and injuries consistent with torture, according to medical staff and human rights organizations.

The releases are part of sporadic Israeli actions involving Palestinians detained from Gaza who were held for months in Israeli prisons in the absence of minimum humanitarian standards, according to documented testimonies from former detainees and rights organizations.

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Former detainees have said many of those released suffer from malnutrition and injuries caused by severe physical abuse during detention.

Israel released about 1,700 detainees from Gaza on Oct. 13 under a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas. Most of those freed arrived in poor health and reported torture, starvation and humiliation during their detention.

More than 10,000 Palestinians, including women and children, remain held in Israeli prisons, where many face abuse, starvation and medical neglect that has led to multiple deaths, according to Israeli and Palestinian human rights organizations.

The Israeli army has killed nearly 71,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured over 171,000 others in its genocide in Gaza since October 2023.

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