Newly released footage shared by the IDF shows Hamas engaging in the torture of Palestinian detainees in its Gaza-based prisons, according to a military statement issued on Saturday evening.
The recordings, dated 2023, provide a glimpse into the conditions at Hamas’s Al-Katiba Prison, located in Gaza City’s Rimal neighborhood, according to IDF Arabic Spokesperson Avichay Adraee.
The videos, uncovered during an investigation involving the IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), depict Hamas prison guards subjecting inmates to brutal treatment and detaining them in severe conditions.
One particularly disturbing clip shows two Hamas operatives assaulting a prisoner and pushing him down a flight of stairs. The military identified the assailants as Mohammed Mohammed Shaaban Shubaki and Mahmoud Saber Mahmoud Abd Al-Al. Both individuals are reportedly part of Hamas’s internal security forces, which oversee the imprisonment of Gaza residents.
Commenting on the revelations, the IDF Arabic Spokesperson stated, “Hamas tries to distance itself from the Assad regime and the horrors of its prisons currently being exposed, the recently released videos, along with past revelations of torture during Hamas interrogations, leave no room for doubt—Hamas is no less brutal.”
{Matzav.com Israel}