Palestinian woman, her daughter paraded naked by Israeli army in Gaza

A Palestinian woman has shared a harrowing account of the Israeli military's brutality, detailing how soldiers stormed her home, tortured her family, and subjected them to inhumane treatment.

"The [Israeli] military entered our home, took the youth, and stripped them completely naked," she recounted in a video interview.

"100% naked not a single piece of cloth on them then they took them to a place and tortured them. They beat them to the brink of death," she added.

The woman and her 14-year-old daughter were also victimised, being forced to remove their clothes and paraded naked. 

"They stole 10,000 shekels from us, the gold and phones. They took the young children, completely naked. They did the unimaginable with us."

She revealed that the occupation forces then put them in a "hole and starting shooting above their heads".

"They burned our underwear in front of us," the woman added.

When asked if the soldiers released them naked, the woman affirmed, "Yes, then they shouted at us, 'Come on, get out, animals!'"

The military also threatened to kill them if they attempted to go to Nuseirat Camp. "They spared nothing."

"They did the unthinkable with us," she said, still shaken by the ordeal.

Israel's military offensives in Gaza since Oct 7 have resulted in devastating losses, with over 40,000 Palestinians killed, including 16,456 children and 11,000 women.

The United Nations (UN) reported that two-thirds of buildings across the Gaza Strip have been "damaged or destroyed." Israeli attacks have also killed at least 270 aid workers.

The restrictions on food, water, medicine, and fuel supplies have exacerbated the situation in Gaza.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) directed Israel to ensure basic services and humanitarian aid delivery in the besieged enclave.

The Palestinian government's information office reported that almost 1.7 million Gazans have been displaced due to relentless air and artillery strikes by the Israeli military.

Thousands of children in Gaza have been diagnosed with malnutrition, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). 

“A significant proportion of Gaza’s population is now facing catastrophic hunger and famine-like conditions,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom said on June 12 while talking to reporters.

Earlier, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) head Cindy McCain said people in Gaza are starving to death.

"The speed at which this man-made hunger and malnutrition crisis has ripped through Gaza is terrifying,” he added.

“To have 50 percent of an entire population in catastrophic, near-famine levels, is unprecedented,” Beth Bechdol, the deputy director general of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), said.

The WFP estimated that around 1.1 million people are "struggling with catastrophic hunger and starvation" due to Israel's severe restrictions on food, water, medicine, and fuel supplies to the besieged enclave.