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Hamas reestablishes police state in Gaza with torture chambers in hospitals, schools, Gazans say

The Zioneer Intelligence Desk

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Palestinians inside the Gaza Strip describe horrific interrogations and beatings as Hamas reestablishes its police state, turning hospitals and schools into torture chambers. The accounts are documented by reports.

01 · THE DISPATCH

Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip describe a rapidly deteriorating reality under Hamas's renewed security crackdown, with reports of systematic torture carried out in hospitals and schools. Interrogations involve beatings with metal objects, electric shocks, and extended detention in makeshift cells. The accounts, gathered from multiple Gazans speaking to The Zioneer, depict a deliberate campaign by Hamas to reassert total control over the civilian population after months of diminished authority during the IDF's military campaign. As The Zioneer reported earlier today (June 10), a new UN report documents Hamas publicly executing and torturing Palestinians, including shootings of blindfolded men in public squares. The current testimonies align with that finding and suggest the practice is expanding. The UN's June 10 report — classified as BACKGROUND in our archive — provides institutional corroboration for the pattern of extrajudicial punishment Hamas carries out against its own population. The torture chambers in medical and educational facilities represent an escalation in method: deliberately weaponizing sites that should be protected under the laws of armed conflict.

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