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Sat 08 Jul 2023 9:44 am - Jerusalem Time

This is how the occupation took revenge on civilians in Jenin camp


Bombing, killing, destruction, and arrests did not stop the violent confrontations between the resistance and the occupation on the land of Jenin camp, which withstood the confrontation of a thousand soldiers from the selected units of the occupation forces, so it focused on targeting civilians, punishing them, and taking revenge on them by all means, including arrest, abuse, sabotage, and targeting unarmed civilians who paid a heavy price .

Among the forms of punishment, was what the young man, Riyad Muhammad (24 years old), was subjected to, who spent more than 24 hours crucified and deprived of food and sleep, during his detention and interrogation in the Israeli Salem Center, after the occupation forces arrested him from his home in the “Al-Ghabes” neighborhood, in the evening. The second day of the end of the Israeli aggression on the Jenin camp, and after 4 days of investigation and suffering, the occupation authorities released him after the intelligence services were unable to present an indictment against him, which confirms, as he says with joy in his freedom, "The occupation is a liar and falsified the facts, and when he failed to reach the resistance, he took revenge Of civilians like me, we were kidnapped and oppressed and tortured to confess to charges and cases we did not do.”

Riyad tells that while he was sleeping in his house with his family after many hours of terror during the bombing, his family was surprised by the walls of the house flying in the air, then a huge police dog stormed the room and attacked him and threw him to the ground, then the room turned into a military barracks, more than 20 soldiers deployed in every nook and cranny .

Riyad stated that the soldiers left the dog to devour him, then tied his hands behind, and took him to the bathroom after they gathered his family members and terrorized them. Then they arrested me."

He added, "The soldiers used me as a human shield. They put me in front of them when they left our house. They threw me into a patrol without me seeing anything. They did not stop beating me all the way."

He continues: "They took me to Salem camp, threw me on the ground and held me under the scorching sun for two hours until I felt suffocated and started screaming."

Riyad recounts that the soldiers took him on patrol, bound and blindfolded, to an unknown destination, and suddenly he found himself in a small, dirty cell that smelled of putrid odors.

He added: "Out of extreme fatigue, I slept and woke up to the screams of the soldiers who took me to the interrogation room. For two hours, they interrogated me without removing the two blindfolds about my life, my activity, and my role in the resistance."

And he continues: "They threatened me with a sentence of 20 years, and the arrest of all my family if I did not confess and hand over my weapon, so I told them: sentence me to life, because I have no relationship with any organization or political activity."

After psychological pressure and deprivation of even going to the bathroom, Rashad confronted the Israeli intelligence officer who conducted the interrogation with him, and says: "He dealt with me brutally, with threats, threats and insults, then he threatened to put me in prison for the rest of my life, so I told him you are crazy, so why are you accusing me?"

He added, "He laughed out loud, and said, 'We, the Israeli intelligence, will distribute ready-made charges to you as we want, and by your promise, you will never see the sun and your family.'"

After this tour, Riyad spent 10 hours in isolation, and was not allowed to use the bathroom or eat, and he says: "They brought me back for interrogation again, and the rounds were repeated amid terrible psychological pressure. He showed me pictures of the camp's destruction, and told me we destroyed you and eliminated the resistance. Peace be upon you, O. A hero saved me, I confess."

He added, "I told him I had nothing, and he got angry and a number of interrogators gathered around me. They continued to interrogate me and threaten me until I lost the ability to focus and slept during the interrogation."

After 48 hours, Riyad was transferred with 20 detainees from the camp to Salem Court, where he says: "The court decided to release us despite the prosecution's request to hold us under investigation, but its inability to file an indictment against us saved us."

He adds, "All those who were arrested like me are not wanted, and the proof is our release, and everything that the occupation has published is an attempt to deceive and mislead the Israeli public, to market victory in a battle in which the occupation soldiers were defeated in the Jenin camp."

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