Salem in IDF's custody. (X/cheguwera)
New Delhi: After enduring eight months in Israeli detention, Ibrahim Salem has been released and is now in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. His time in the notorious Sde Teiman detention camp was marked by horrific abuses, including rape, electrocution, and beatings. The leaked photo of Salem, blindfolded and standing by a barbed wire fence, is just a glimpse into the atrocities faced by many Palestinian prisoners.
Salem’s ordeal began in December 2023 when Israeli forces raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, where he was beside his critically injured children. Salem’s children had been severely wounded in an Israeli strike that also claimed the lives of his siblings and several of their children. Despite his pleas and the hospital reports, Israeli soldiers forcibly removed him from the ICU and detained him.
Salem, along with other men, was stripped, beaten, and verbally abused by soldiers. They were subjected to degrading insults and forced to repeat humiliating statements. Eventually, Salem was taken to a detention center in the Negev desert, where detainees were left in the rain for two nights, tied up and nearly naked, before being given minimal clothing and food.
Ibrahim Salem, the prisoner tortured in one of the most famous leaked pictures from the "Sde Teman" occupation concentration camp, is free.
— 𝕏 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 (@cheguwera) August 6, 2024
He was released a few days ago, after over 8 months, in a difficult health condition, having lost 40 kg of his weight.
Ibrahim explained… pic.twitter.com/CXUUSyy9Xc
Transferred to the Sde Teiman military base, which doubles as a detention camp, Salem described it as the worst part of his captivity. For 52 days, he faced regular punishments and constant insults aimed at breaking him mentally. Salem revealed that sexual assaults were rampant, with many prisoners suffering rectal injuries from rape, often by female soldiers. The trauma was so severe that prisoners would falsely claim their injuries were due to hemorrhoids.
“Most of the prisoners come out with rectum injuries..."
— Max Granger (@_maxgranger) August 8, 2024
Ibrahim Salem survived 8 months in an Israeli torture camp. His testimony is one of the most horrifying things I've ever read.
If you are a US tax payer, you are paying for this. https://t.co/Up5UTBODzx pic.twitter.com/9eK7u5PZ8V
Salem’s testimony highlights the brutal treatment of Palestinian detainees in Israeli custody. His experiences shed light on the need for international attention and intervention to prevent further human rights abuses in detention camps like Sde Teiman.
HIS VOICE NEEDS TO BE HEARD
— Ryan Rozbiani (@RyanRozbiani) August 7, 2024
Ibrahim Salem was held for 8 months at the Sde Teiman torture camp.
His testimony exposes the severe human rights violations and the methods of torture and control used against detainees. pic.twitter.com/4VKbaUfm7k
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