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Israel released 9 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, after detaining them during the genocide war and subjecting them to torture in its prisons.
An Anadolu Agency correspondent reported that the nine Palestinians arrived at Nasser Medical Complex in the city of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, via International Committee of the Red Cross teams.
The Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees in Gaza stated in a brief statement: "9 prisoners released by Israeli forces from their prisons have arrived via the Kerem Shalom crossing, through the International Committee of the Red Cross, to Nasser Medical Complex."
The ministry explained that the released individuals are geographically distributed as follows: 5 from Gaza City, one from Jabalia in the northern Strip, another from Deir al-Balah in the center, and two from the south, one from Khan Yunis and the other from Rafah.
According to the testimonies of the released prisoners, they were subjected to torture in Israeli prisons, in addition to harsh detention conditions.
Approximately 9,350 Palestinian prisoners are held in Israeli jails, including 350 children and 90 female prisoners, according to Palestinian and Israeli human rights organizations, which state that prisoners are subjected to torture, starvation, and medical neglect, leading to the death of dozens of them.
Israeli prisons also hold 1,419 detainees whom Israel classifies as what it calls "unlawful combatants."
Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli genocide war on the Gaza Strip has resulted in the killing of more than 74,000 Palestinians and the injury of over 175,000, in addition to the destruction of about 90 percent of the civilian infrastructure in the Strip, according to Palestinian data.
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