Israel-Hamas war: Dozens 'stripped down to underwear' in Gaza after 'mass detention' | 5 Points

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posts on X even shared images, claiming that "Gazan men and teenagers" were stripped and detained "with no charges". The visuals showed dozens of men, some bound and blindfolded, stripped to their underwear in several public locations, the Guardian reported. "Israel rounds up Gazan men & teenagers en masse; strips them naked; and detains them with no charges.

Gazan detainees have been subjected to torture, starvation & ill-treatment. Some died in detention. No trial or legal counsel," a social media user claimed.

Israel said Friday that the military was rounding up Palestinian men in northern Gaza for interrogation, searching for Hamas militants, news agency Associated Press reported. The first images of mass detentions reportedly emerged Thursday from the northern town of Beit Lahiya. They showed dozens of men kneeling or sitting in the streets, stripped down to their underwear, their hands bound behind their backs.

Some had their heads bowed. Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy said Friday that those detained in northern Gaza were “military-aged men who were discovered in areas that civilians were supposed to have evacuated weeks ago." "Authorities were questioning the detainees to determine whether they were members of the militant group," Levy was quoted by reports as saying. Meanwhile, UN monitors said Israeli troops reportedly detained men and boys from the age of 15 in a school-turned-shelter.

Israeli media had initially suggested that the images, apparently filmed by at least one Israeli soldier, showed the surrender of Hamas fighters. However, several of the men pictured were identified as civilians, including a journalist, the Guardian reported. 1. Israel pounded the Gaza Strip from north to south on