Gaza toddler released from Israeli custody with ‘cigarette burn’ wounds

middleeasteye.net·By Maha Hussaini in Gaza City, occupied Palestine
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An infant was returned to his family by the Red Cross after 10 hours in Israeli detention, with apparent cigarette burns and bloodstains on his clothes from his injured father. The father and toddler were detained after the father, disoriented by trauma, walked towards Israeli forces in a no-go zone in Gaza. The article implies Israeli forces are inhumane, citing the infant's condition and the father's detention.

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