A one-year-old Palestinian child was subjected to torture by Israeli soldiers in central Gaza in an attempt to force his father into making confessions during interrogation, a report aired by Palestine TV and cited by journalist Osama Al-Kahlout, has revealed.
As per the details, the child, identified as Karim, was detained near the Al-Maghazi refugee camp and footage later broadcast by news outlets showed visible injuries on his body.
Witnesses said the boy’s father, Osama Abu Nassar, had been struggling emotionally after losing a horse that provided his livelihood. While taking his son to buy supplies, Nassar was caught in gunfire near his home and forced by Israeli soldiers to leave his 18 month old child on the ground before being taken to a nearby military checkpoint where he was stripped and interrogated.
According to medical reports, soldiers tortured the child in front of his father, burning his leg with cigarettes and inserting a nail into his flesh. The boy sustained burn marks and puncture wounds.
He was released about 10 hours later and handed back to his family through the International Committee of the Red Cross while the father remains in Israeli custody.
The family has appealed to international organisations to intervene for Nassar’s release so he can continue receiving medical treatment.
The case is not the first of its kind amid Israel’s ongoing ceasefire violations since October 2025, resulting in at least 680 Palestinian deaths and more than 1,800 injuries.
Since the outbreak of the war in October 2023, over 72,000 Palestinians, most of whom were women and children, have been killed whereas more than 171,000 others are wounded.
Much of Gaza has been reduced to rubble while its entire population remains displaced.