Inside one of the rooms of al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Mahmoud Zindah stays close to his father, Nader, the horrors of the past week etched on both of their faces. Their eyes are wide and darting around, Al Jazeera reports.

The 14-year-old and his father were among hundreds of Palestinians rounded up by Israeli forces in the Shujaiya area, east of Gaza City, who endured five days of torture and degradation before they were released without any explanation.

“One of the soldiers said I looked like his nephew and that this nephew was killed in front of his grandmother who was taken hostage by Hamas and that the soldiers will slaughter us all,” Mahmoud said, his voice trembling.

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