Journalist Diaa Al-Kahlot narrated the details of the “arduous and difficult journey” that began with his arrest by Israeli army forces along with dozens of citizens, including a number of his family members, on December 7 from the northern Gaza Strip, and he was released yesterday, Tuesday.
Al-Kahlot said, “We moved to Israeli military sites after the arrest, and one of these sites was a detention center for residents of the Gaza Strip who were imprisoned after October 7. It was an arduous and difficult journey,” noting that there are no red lines for the Israeli army in dealing with detainees from Gaza.
Al-Kahlot added, “I was interrogated regarding reports I published on Al-Jazeera Net and Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed websites over the past years. We faced difficult treatment inside the Israeli prison. For 25 days, we were sitting in a torture position.”
He explained that many prisoners were subjected to collapse and direct and indirect torture, noting that most of the prisoners from the Gaza Strip are civilians.
He said that an Israeli officer informed them that the army arrested about 7,000 people from inside the Gaza Strip, and during their release yesterday, they included boys, women, and elderly people.
Al-Kahlot continued that the most difficult journey was the transfer between prisons, where prisoners were subjected to beatings and insults, in addition to the difficult investigations carried out by the Shin Bet with the detainees.
The Shin Bet was investigating journalist Al-Kahlot about his journalistic work, news sources, and work mechanism.