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Palestinian medical staff in Gaza have told the BBC they were blindfolded, arrested, forced to undress and repeatedly beaten by Israeli troops after a raid on their hospital last month.
Ahmed Abu Sabha, a doctor at Nasser Hospital, confessed to being held for a week in detention, where he said dogs were put in his face and an Israeli soldier broke his hand.
His statement closely matches those of two other doctors who wished to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals.
They told the BBC they were humiliated, beaten, doused with cold water and forced to kneel in uncomfortable positions for hours. They said they were detained for days before being released.
The BBC gave details of their claims to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). They did not directly respond to questions about these accounts, or deny specific allegations of abuse. But they denied that medical staff were harmed during their operation.
They said that "any abuse of prisoners is contrary to IDF orders and is therefore strictly prohibited."
The IDF raided the hospital in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis — which was one of the few in the Strip still functioning — on February 15, saying intelligence indicated the hospital housed Hamas soldiers.
They also said Israeli hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 were being held there - and some of the hostages themselves have publicly said they were being held at Nasser. Hamas has denied that its fighters operate inside medical facilities.
Footage secretly filmed at the hospital on February 16, the day the doctors were detained, was shared with the BBC.
It shows a line of men in their underwear outside the hospital's emergency room, kneeling with their hands behind their heads. In front of some of them lay medical clothes./ BBC
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