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Israel brands Palestinian detainees with numbers on their foreheads (www.middleeasteye.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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When Israel re-arrested Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank town of Dura, the detainees faced familiar treatment.

They were blindfolded, handcuffed, insulted and kept in inhumane conditions. More unusual was that each man had a number written on his forehead.

Osama Shaheen, who was released in August after 10 months of administrative detention, told Middle East Eye that soldiers brutally stormed his house, smashing his furniture.

"The soldiers turned us from names into numbers, and every detainee had a number that they used to provoke him during his arrest and call him by number instead of name. To them, we are just numbers."

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[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 43 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Found this but I don't know how credible it is. From around the same time.

Article says numbers written, title says branded.

It's not good, nothing about this is. However, I'm not seeing actual hot branding to foreheads.

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/1/headlines/israeli_forces_detain_beat_and_brand_palestinians_after_deadly_west_bank_raid

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Democracy Now! Is a factually credible left wing news source.

[–] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

and it's fucking amazing. A refreshing (but depressing) way to get the news.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

It could be just one squad, and not systematic.

[–] Kalysta@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Democracy now is one of the most credible news sources out there. Amy Goodman is meticulous about it.