The Israeli military on Thursday released 10 Palestinian teenage boys who had been detained for nearly a month after being arrested near the al-Shakoush aid distribution site in northwest Rafah – an area previously designated as a “safe corridor” for humanitarian relief in southern Gaza.
The International Committee of the Red Cross transferred the boys to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, where an Anadolu Agency (AA) reporter documented visible signs of physical abuse and severe exhaustion.
According to eyewitness accounts, the teens were detained while trying to collect humanitarian aid.
“They beat us constantly,” said Karam Hamdi Hussein, one of the released boys. “They gave us rotten food, and we had to eat it with our hands tied. Al-Shakoush was supposed to be safe – it was a trap.”
Two of the ten Palestinian children, aged between 15 and 18, who were detained by the Israeli army from a humanitarian aid area in the Al-Shakoush region, receive treatment at Nasser Hospital, Rafah, Gaza, Palestine, July 24, 2025. (AA Photo)
