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Israel denounces torture, starvation and humiliation suffered by Hamas hostages

The Israeli Ministry of Health delivered to the United Nations (UN) a report on the medical circumstances of the captives of the Hamas group already launched, by which it describes that they have been subjected to torture, bodily and psychological abuse.

“The report we are presenting to the UN is a heartbreaking testimony of the brutal experiences suffered by hostages held captive by Hamas: cruel violence, psychological abuse, physical torment and acts that defy understanding,” stated Health Minister Uriel Busso. , via an announcement despatched on Saturday night time.

The report consists of the testimony of 105 captives, who have been launched in November 2023, after the one truce between the Government of Israel and the Islamist militia Hamas, for the reason that starting of the warfare within the Gaza Strip on October 7 of that 12 months. , and 12 others, 4 freed by the Gazan militia and eight rescued alive by the Israeli Army.

The hostages who returned to Israel, the doc particulars, reported that their captors denied them water, meals, anesthesia, and medical help to those that have been injured, and after they returned they introduced signs of malnutrition and vitamin D deficiency, as a consequence of spending weeks in underground tunnels. In addition, youngsters, younger folks and adults claimed that they have been burned, crushed and humiliated, and that such abuse affected their psychological and bodily well being, even lengthy after they have been launched.
Busso indicated that with this report he urges the worldwide group to “use all available means to end the cruelty and bring the hostages home immediately. It is a moral and humanitarian imperative; “Time to act is running out.”
Almost 15 months after the beginning of the warfare, 96 kidnapped folks stay within the Gaza Strip, together with the our bodies of not less than 34 lifeless confirmed by the Army.

The Forum of Families of Kidnapped and Disappeared Persons famous, for its half, that the Ministry of Health report is “a devastating reminder” of the urgency of bringing the hostages again. “The shocking testimonies of the freed hostages reflect a devastating reality: for more than 50 atrocious days, physical abuse, psychological torment and dehumanizing conditions were inflicted on people,” stated the group, which brings collectively family of these kidnapped, deceased and lacking in the course of the Hamas assault on October 7, 2023. Therefore, they spotlight that 400 extra days later the hostages proceed to undergo the identical actuality that those that have been launched and face “mortal danger” confronted. Therefore, he urged a world settlement to make sure the fast launch of the hostages, demanding the collaboration of “the United States and all mediating parties.” (EFE)