18-Month Old Boy Gets Cigarettes Burns on Legs During IDF Torture Session With Child’s Father

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Very little sounds unbelievable these days, but I must admit, I had to do a double-take when reading this article at Mondoweiss. Like all the articles at the publication, it is another important read that painfully drives home the point that the winds of impunity-fueled inhumanity are still blowing in full force in Occupied Palestine, even as a major regional war keeps many of our eyes distracted.

Here is a brief excerpt:

In video testimony for Mondoweiss, Waad al-Shafi, 19, from the Maghazi area in central Gaza, holds her son and lifts his legs and feet toward the camera. According to the family, the toddler was subjected to severe torture by the Israeli army. They say that the Israelis had put out cigarettes on his legs and punctured them with sharp objects. Read more @ Mondoweiss >>