A scene from a video appearing to show a Palestinian detained by the Israel Defense Forces/Yosee Gamzoo Letova
12.28.2023 Thursday posted at 08:26 JST
(CNN) An edited video appearing to show Palestinian men and at least two children detained in a stadium in the northern Gaza Strip by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and stripped to their underwear has emerged on social media. .
CNN was unable to verify the date and time the video was filmed. CNN confirmed the location of the video and found that it was filmed at Yarmouk Stadium in Gaza City.
CNN reached out to the IDF for comment on the video and the children in its custody late Thursday, but did not immediately receive a response. The IDF has previously said it strips detainees of clothing to check whether they are carrying explosives.
Hundreds of Palestinian men and boys have been arrested by Israeli forces in recent weeks.
In some videos, two people, who look like kids wearing underwear, appear on the same screen, walking with their hands raised. The footage also shows IDF members giving instructions inside the stadium.
In another video, two people, believed to be the same boy, are stripped of their clothes and forced to line up with their hands raised above their heads. Some of the men look like teenagers and others are adults.
Throughout the video, men are stripped of their clothes and left in their underwear.
In some videos, detainees are seen sitting on the floor with their hands tied behind their backs. Some of them are blindfolded and lined up while being monitored and inspected by the IDF.
Some videos also show women and children detained. In one video, three fully dressed women are seen sitting on the grass in front of a football goal in the stadium, with their hands tied behind their backs.
The Israeli flag hangs above the soccer goal. Next to the women you can see a stripped and blindfolded Palestinian man sitting with his hands tied behind his back.
The original video was uploaded to YouTube on the 24th of this month. According to his Facebook profile, the poster is a photographer and artist.
The non-profit Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said Israeli forces arrested hundreds of Palestinians from Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan district, including dozens of women who were taken to Yarmouk Stadium. He said boys as young as 10 and people over 70 were forced to take off their clothes and line up in front of women in humiliating ways.
2023-12-27 23:26:00
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