A one-year-old baby was tortured by Israeli soldiers in central Gaza to pressure his father into making confessions during an interrogation, Palestine TV reported, citing Palestinian journalist Osama Al-Kahlout.
Footage aired by Palestine TV showed injuries to the child, identified as Karim, after he was detained by Israeli forces near the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza.
The child’s father, Osama Abu Nassar, was “arrested” while taking his child to buy supplies. He had been caught up in gunfire near his home and was forced by Israeli soldiers to leave his 18-month-old son on the ground while he was taken to a nearby military checkpoint, where he was stripped and interrogated.
The soldiers tortured the child in front of his father, including burning one of his legs with cigarettes, pricking him and inserting a nail into his leg, as confirmed by a medical report.
The report said the child suffered burn marks from cigarettes and puncture wounds in his leg caused by the nail.
The child was released about 10 hours later and handed over to his family through the International Committee of the Red Cross in Al-Maghazi, while the father remains in Israeli detention.
The family has appealed to international organisations to intervene to secure the father’s release so he can continue receiving medical treatment.
Israel has committed hundreds of violations of the ceasefire since October 2025, killing at least 680 Palestinians and wounding 1 813 others.
Israel has killed over 72 000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and wounded more than 171 000 others in the genocide since October 2023. – AA