“I felt like I was in hell, it was 35 days of torture,” Alaa Ghrayeb, apprehended by Israeli forces in Gaza while attempting to escape southward, said as he described the distressing experiences he faced during his period of detention.

Accounts collected by various media outlets from those released from Israeli jails in the past few weeks, whether as a component of the ceasefire arrangement or unconnected to it, depict a rise in instances of abuse and degradation within prison confines, during interrogations, and at the time of arrests.

“We were only in our underwear all day and night, our hands were tied, our backs and eyes blindfolded. It was freezing cold and pouring with rain. They gave us one blanket. If we needed to use toilets, our hands remained tied and we were blindfolded,” Ghrayeb told TRT World.

He added more details, explaining that he, along with other detainees, was transported to the border on the day of his release.

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