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‘They forced me to stand for hours in the cold, arms raised and shackled’: eight Gaza doctors on their Israeli prison ordeal

1 month ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Hoda Osman |Annie Kelly |Farah Al Jallad |Aseel Mousa

‘They forced me to stand for hours in the cold, arms raised and shackled’: eight Gaza doctors on their Israeli prison ordealMany days I was tied to a chair in the interrogation room for maybe 15 hours. I was not allowed to sleep or eat or drink. They tied my arms to the chair very painfully and when they were beating me they would put their hands or legs on my chest to bend my back. After about a month I was transferred to Ofer camp in Ramallah.
‘They forced me to stand for hours in the cold, arms raised and shackled’: eight Gaza doctors on their Israeli prison ordeal

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Aseel Mousa |Annie Kelly

Dr Mohammed Abu SelmiaSketch of a bearded middle-aged manMany days I was tied to a chair in the interrogation room for maybe 15 hours. I was not allowed to sleep or eat or drink. They tied my arms to the chair very painfully and when they were beating me they would put their hands or legs on my chest to bend my back. After about a month I was transferred to Ofer camp in Ramallah. The whole transfer process was one of the worst things I remember.
Diabetic singer died days after taken to Sde Teiman

Oct 5, 2024 | electronicintifada.net | Aseel Mousa

Qassem Allah al-Khawaja is still mourning the death of his diabetic brother Arafat, 38, a father of two boys and a girl. Arafat died in Israeli detention and Qassem is convinced that he was tortured. “His death has left a deep pain in our hearts and in the hearts of everyone who loved him,” Qassem said. Arafat was a “generous and kind person to everyone.”Arafat, who used to make a living as a singer, needed regular treatment and insulin.
Young girl loses hair amid relentless Israeli aggression

Sep 27, 2024 | electronicintifada.net | Aseel Mousa

Hussein and Olfat al-Tabil and their four children — Rose, 9; Sama, 8; Mohammed, 5; and Saif, 3 – have already been displaced five times since last October. They are struggling to keep their children safe and provide for them during Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Originally from the Jabaliya camp in northern Gaza, the family was first displaced to al-Bureij camp in central Gaza, Hussein, 33, told The Electronic Intifada. Then they were forced further south to Khan Younis, then Rafah.
War halts IVF treatment in Gaza as parents mourn ‘miracle’ children

Aug 13, 2024 | msn.com | Aseel Mousa |Emma Graham-Harrison

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War halts IVF treatment in Gaza as parents mourn ‘miracle’ children

Aug 13, 2024 | theguardian.com | Aseel Mousa |Emma Graham-Harrison

It took surgery and five years of IVF treatment for Amal to fall pregnant for the first and only time. That struggle against infertility lasted almost as long as her son Khaled’s short life. He was just seven years old when on 17 October an Israeli airstrike on Rafah, one of the first of the war, hit the family home. Khaled was killed and Amal was plunged into a grief heightened by memories of her long battle to become a mother. Sometimes she struggles to keep going.
Israel forces mother and baby to spend night on street

Jul 21, 2024 | electronicintifada.net | Aseel Mousa

Israel’s violence against Gaza City is terrifying its residents. Yasmine al-Masry is one of them. Earlier this month, Yasmine received a phone call from someone claiming to be from the Israeli military. She was ordered to evacuate al-Daraj, a Gaza City neighborhood. “I was not able to take anything with me except a few important items,” she said. “I don’t know how I managed to cram my life into a small bag.”Yasmine has a baby named Abdul Aziz and a 2-year-old named Muhammad.
Little comfort for people from Gaza in Egypt

Jul 10, 2024 | electronicintifada.net | Aseel Mousa

A few months have passed since my family and I evacuated the Gaza Strip for Egypt. Even now, I am haunted by the scenes of destruction I witnessed in Gaza. Whenever I hear a plane flying above me, I am terrified. The noise of military aircraft in Gaza has left with me a lasting sense of fear. At the time we left Gaza, there were almost 300 Palestinians gathered at the Rafah crossing, the entry point into Egypt. They did not have suitable luggage; many were using bags that used to contain flour.
“Israeli” Officers Tortured This Doctor to Death, then Hid the News for Months

Jun 27, 2024 | islamtimes.org | Aseel Mousa

Islam Times - Dina al-Rantisi remembers the last words she told her father before he was detained by "Israeli" soldiers and died in prison less than a week later. “I was next to him,” Dina, a Palestinian resident of Gaza said. “I could not move my hands, hold him or do anything. The occupation forces had ordered us to walk without looking right or left,” she recalled.
Israeli officers tortured this doctor to death, then hid news of his passing for months

Jun 27, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Aseel Mousa

Dina al-Rantisi remembers the last words she told her father before he was detained by Israeli soldiers and died in prison less than a week later. “I was next to him,” Dina, a Palestinian resident of Gaza, told Middle East Eye. “I could not move my hands, hold him or do anything. The occupation forces had ordered us to walk without looking right or left,” she recalled.