The Palestinian Red Crescent said its teams have treated 13 detainees including an elderly woman who was released by the Israeli army at the Kissufim checkpoint in central Gaza.

Upon arrival at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah, one of the prisoners – who declined to be named – said that a number of inmates inside Israeli prisons had lost their senses as a result of the torture and electric shocks they were subjected to, according to Al Jazeera. 

Released prisoner Mustafa Fayyad recounted the difficult conditions of his detention due to lack of sleep and food, and being tortured more than once.

Nader Asaliya, who is blind, spoke about the conditions of his detention, saying, “They treated us inhumanely inside prisons and called us dogs. We were subjected to all kinds of torture, hunger and humiliation.”

Earlier this month Israel freed dozens of Palestinians detained during its war in Gaza, including the director of al-Shifa Hospital, one of the enclave’s main hospitals.