Viral picture of Palestinian men detained, stripped naked by Israeli army sparks outrage

Israeli Telegram channels circulated a picture of Palestinian men who were detained and stripped naked by the Israeli army during its ruthless military offensive in northern Gaza.

The viral image showed innocent civilians rounded up by occupation forces at a location where they were forced to remove their clothes, after reports emerged from Jabalia, revealing that Israeli forces had arrested several Palestinian men.

Elderly men were also seen among the detainees, who were zip-tied and surrounded by tanks. The exact location of the image remains unknown.

Palestinian psychiatrist Dr Mustafa Elmasri shared the picture on his X account, stating, “Zews (Zionist Jews) are circulating this picture from northern Gaza as a sign of victory, describing these stripped men as captured Hamas fighters.”

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Zews are circulating this picture from north Gaza as a sign of victory. Describing these stripped men as captured Hamas fighters.

Your comments? pic.twitter.com/gd7v48tZ80

— Dr. Mustafa Elmasri (@Gaza_Psych) October 27, 2024

Reports surfaced on social media last week that Israeli forces stormed a school shelter near the Indonesian Hospital, forcing women and children to leave northern Gaza on foot while detaining hundreds of Palestinian men.

The Israeli army released a video from Jabalia showing IDF soldiers separating and queuing Palestinian men, including young boys, while forcing women and children to exit northern Gaza on foot.

Palestinian reporters stated that the Israeli army dug a large hole near the hospital, where the detained men were placed. The fate of these men remains unclear.

The occupation army also stormed the Kamal Adwan Hospital and arrested numerous Palestinian men, including teenage activist Abdul Rahman Battah, known as 'Aboud,' who was later released.

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A gross war crime.

Israeli Telegram channels are posting this image of elderly Palestinian men, semi-naked, rounded up, being forcibly displaced from North Gaza, w/ the caption ‘Blessed Al-Aqsa Flood’.

Captured and posted first by Israeli accounts, the point is the humiliation. pic.twitter.com/CsisJkiV9M

— Naks Bilal (@NaksBilal) October 27, 2024

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from these horrifying moments of Palestinian men and children in North Gaza being rounded up, stripped to their underwear and dehumanised by israeli forces - to the apocalyptic scenes from non-stop bombing and shelling of Gaza.

all of it is proof that israel is one of the most… pic.twitter.com/DDnNeUq2E5

— Mohammad (@mohammadfff_) October 27, 2024

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Keep thinking about that very young girl near the left edge. She is looking into the distance… what horrors has she witnessed pic.twitter.com/bRcROQ3ezo

— Bruno Maçães (@MacaesBruno) October 27, 2024

Videos and pictures of horrific violence cotinue to surface on social media from Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun, amid a communications blackout in the northern regions of Gaza due to relentless Israeli military offensive.

Northern Gaza is also experiencing severe starvation, as no aid carrying essential supplies has been able to enter the enclave since the start of October, according to the United Nations.

The overall Palestinian death toll since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza has reached at least 43,686 with more than 100,833 wounded. Thousands more remain trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings.