Israel's aggression on besieged Gaza — now in its 88th day — has killed at least 21,978 Palestinians and wounded 56,697 as Tel Aviv continues bombardment of cities, towns and refugee camps across the enclave.
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
04:55 GMT - Hamas urges ICRC to document rights abuses against Palestinians
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has called on the International Committee of the Red Cross [ICRC] to document human rights violations against Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons, especially incarcerated females.
In a statement, Hamas urged the ICRC and rights groups "to fulfill their obligations in addressing the brutalities and deprivations of the rights of female Palestinian prisoners within Zionist occupation prisons."
The statement noted that "Palestinian women prisoners are encountering systematic and arbitrary malnutrition and neglect of their medical needs."
04:00 GMT - Israel assassinates jailed Palestinian man: prisoner affairs groups
Palestinian prisoner affairs groups have accused Israel of assassinating an incarcerated Palestinian man in an Israeli jail, seventh such death since October 7.
In a joint statement cited by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner's Society said Israel assassinated Abdul Rahman Bassem Al Bahsh, 23, from the city of Nablus.
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