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Palestinians who were freed from Israel in the fifth batch of prisoner swap say Israeli forces forced them to recite Torah verses and tortured them for refusing to do so.
Jamal Al Tawil said on Saturday he was violently attacked hours before his release because he refused to recite a verse that included a threat to Palestinians.
The prominent Hamas leader from Ramallah was repeatedly arrested by Israel starting at the age of 16, with more than 18 years spent in detention. He faced exile to Marj al Zuhur in 1992 and led a hunger strike in 2021 to demand the release of his daughter, journalist Bushra.
In a video, while receiving treatment at a hospital in the West Bank, Al Tawil, 61, explained that Israeli soldiers demanded he recite a verse that said: “The eternal people do not forget, I chase my enemies and catch them, and I do not return until I annihilate them.”
When he refused, the soldiers severely beat him, which led to a deterioration in his health to the point he could not stand when he left to go to the International Red Cross bus.
The situation forced a Red Crescent team to carry Al Tawil to an ambulance and transfer him to the hospital…
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