Image of man in underwear, blindfold and bound to iron rod has been widely shared on social media
An Israeli soldier’s photo of a Palestinian man from Gaza stripped to his underwear, blindfolded and bound face-down to an iron rod corroborates extensive reporting on Israeli torture of Palestinians in detention and itself may constitute a war crime, rights groups have said.
The image was shared on a now-deleted personal social media account, with the Hebrew-language caption “good morning”. It was brought to wider public attention by a Palestinian writer and activist who goes by Tamer.
Continue reading...This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem.
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