Via Paul AdamsDiplomatic correspondent14 mins agoVideo caption, The BBC’s Center East editor Jeremy Bowen on what the pictures showWith combating raging round Khan Younis and within the north of Gaza, a video has emerged on social media appearing dozens of Palestinian males detained via Israel.The photos, verified via the BBC, presentations them stripped to their undies, kneeling at the floor and being guarded via Israeli infantrymen.The boys are idea to were arrested in Beit Lahia, within the a long way north of the Gaza strip.A neighborhood media outlet says some of the males is a revered journalist. Within the video, dozens of fellows are coated up on a pavement and seem to have been informed to take away their sneakers, which can be scattered around the highway. Israeli infantrymen and armoured cars are status guard over them. Different photographs display them being transported in army vans. Within the Israeli media, the captives are being described as Hamas combatants who’ve surrendered.Any other symbol – which has now not but been verified via the BBC – presentations males blindfolded, kneeling in what seems to be a big pit of bulldozed sand.The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has indirectly commented at the photographs, however spokesman Daniel Hagari stated on Thursday that “IDF combatants and Shin Wager officials detained and interrogated masses of terror suspects”. “Lots of them additionally grew to become themselves in to our forces throughout the previous 24 hours. The intelligence popping out in their interrogations is utilised to proceed the combating.”Symbol caption, An image of the boys, verified via the BBC, has been circulating on social mediaOne well known Palestinian journalist, Diaa al-Kahlout, a correspondent for al-Araby al-Jadeed, has been known amongst the ones being held.The Arabic language information outlet, which additionally publishes in English beneath the title the New Arab, stated Mr al-Kahlout have been arrested together with his brothers, family members and “different civilians” via Israeli forces in Beit Lahia.Al-Araby al-Jadeed has condemned what it describes because the “humiliating” detention of Mr al-Kahlout on Thursday.It added that infantrymen pressured the boys to take away their garments and “subjected them to invasive searches and humiliating remedy upon their arrest, previous to transporting them to undisclosed places”.The hole “urges the world neighborhood, newshounds’ rights defenders and watchdogs, and human rights our bodies to denounce this ongoing attack” via Israel on newshounds within the territory.The BBC has requested the IDF about Mr al-Kahlout’s reported detention.Extra on Israel-Gaza conflict
