{"id":7681,"date":"2026-07-05T16:35:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/photo-of-abused-palestinian-detainee-causes-anguish-for-two-gaza-mothers\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:35:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:35:58","slug":"photo-of-abused-palestinian-detainee-causes-anguish-for-two-gaza-mothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/photo-of-abused-palestinian-detainee-causes-anguish-for-two-gaza-mothers\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo of abused Palestinian detainee causes anguish for two Gaza mothers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Disturbing image showing restrained detainee adds to agony of two mothers, each of whom is certain the man is her own missing son.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A leaked photograph showing a Palestinian detainee blindfolded, stripped to his underwear and severely restrained has caused anguish for two mothers in Gaza.<\/p>\n

While the Israeli military has acknowledged the photo is genuine, it has not identified the man or disclosed where he is being held.<\/p>\n

That has added to the agony of the two mothers, Rana Abu Nassar and Joudeh Al-Ghou, each of whom is absolutely certain that the man being mistreated \u2060is her missing son.<\/p>\n

The photo was originally posted on Instagram by a user whose account appears to have since been deleted. It featured the words \u201cgood morning\u201d written in Hebrew.<\/p>\n

In the screenshot, which had the words \u201cgood morning\u201d in Hebrew written over it, the man\u2019s hands are bound behind his back, his right foot tied to the bottom corner of a cot. A wooden rod is bound to the back of his body, running from his right foot up to his neck. His face is mostly obscured.<\/p>\n

The Israeli military said it had identified the incident and that an inquiry was under way. A spokesperson quoted by Reuters said that \u201cthose involved will be dealt with in accordance with the findings\u201d and said that the treatment depicted in the photo \u201cdoes not align\u201d with the military\u2019s values.<\/p>\n

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Rana Abu Nassar, mother of Palestinian prisoner Osama Abu Nassar [Mahmoud Issa\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Abu Nassar said that from the moment she saw the photo two days ago, she knew it was her son Osama.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know the details of his body. He has swelling in his foot and scars on his leg \u2013 the same swelling on his left leg I saw in the picture,\u201d she told Reuters.<\/p>\n

She said that was the first image of him she had seen since he was arrested in March in an area near \u2060the so-called \u201cYellow Line\u201d, demarcating Israeli control within Gaza.<\/p>\n

His arrest on March 19 gained international attention because he was detained along with \u2060his one-year-old child, who was released the same day with what his family said were cigarette burn marks on his legs.<\/p>\n

His mother said Osama suffers from mental health issues and that a \u201cnormal person would not take his son to that area\u201d near the \u201cYellow Line\u201d where Israeli forces frequently open fire on Palestinians.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s military rejected allegations that its forces abused Osama\u2019s \u2060son. It said the marks on the boy\u2019s legs were the result of warning shots troops fired to compel Osama not to approach the \u201cYellow Line.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Joudeh Al-Ghoul, mother of Palestinian prisoner Ameen Al-Ghoul [Mahmoud Issa\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Joudeh Al-Ghoul, whose son Ameen was arrested in November 2023 while trying to travel from southern \u2060Gaza to the enclave\u2019s north, also said she recognised the man in the image from the moment she saw it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s him \u2013 his hair and chin. He is my son. A mother\u2019s heart can recognise her son. I hugged the mobile phone and started crying,\u201d she told Reuters from a displaced persons camp in Gaza City. \u201cHe is my son, my soul, my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The families\u2019 plight highlights a broader crisis facing Palestinians in Israeli custody. Currently, some 1,200 Palestinians from Gaza are being held in Israel under the Internment of Unlawful Combatants Law.<\/p>\n

The controversial law allows for the unlimited detention of individuals suspected of participating, directly or indirectly, in hostile acts.<\/p>\n

Amani Sarahneh of the Palestinian Prisoners Society said that since the \u200cimage\u2019s \u200crelease the organisation has submitted both men\u2019s names to the military in order to try to get lawyer visits with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cVisits do take place, but with great difficulty. The coordination process takes a very long time,\u201d Sarahneh said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Disturbing image showing restrained detainee adds to agony of two mothers, each of whom is certain the man is her own missing son. A leaked photograph showing a Palestinian detainee blindfolded, stripped to his underwear and severely restrained has caused anguish for two mothers in Gaza. While the Israeli military has acknowledged the photo is … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}