Allegations of abuse of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention facilities

At first, Jawad Sakhir Obaid doesn’t want to talk about what was done to him, saying he is too ashamed. Then, the 17-year-old starts talking anyway. "They took my masculinity.” He is still suffering from the treatment he says he received at the hands of Israeli soldiers: Insults, beatings – and sexualized violence. He tells his story at a meeting in the Deir al Balah refugee camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip.