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A 22-year-old Palestinian man was tortured and killed by Hamas militants after he criticized the group publicly and took part in uncommon anti-Hamas protests in Gaza, his household mentioned.
Uday Rabie was taken final week by dozens of armed fighters with Hamas’ navy wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, within the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza Metropolis, his brother Hassan Rabie informed CNN on Tuesday.
Hassan mentioned his brother had altercations with members of the group round a month earlier than his dying and had expressed fears that militants would come for him.
Uday Rabie had additionally participated alongside hundreds of others in anti-Hamas and anti-war protests that occurred within the enclave earlier final week, his brother mentioned. Rabie demonstrated within the al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza Metropolis, Hassan mentioned, chanting “No to Hamas” in the course of the rally.
Final Friday, a gaggle of armed males affiliated with the Al-Qassam Brigades kidnapped after which tortured Rabie, Hassan mentioned. The Palestinian man was taken off the road, days after he protested.
“They took him, they saved torturing him,” Hassan informed CNN. “They then referred to as me and mentioned: come get your brother.”
“He was nonetheless alive” when the militants returned him, Hassan mentioned. Rabie was solely sporting underwear and the fighters had him “tied by the neck with a rope, and had been dragging him, beating him,” Hassan added.
“They handed him over to me, and informed me, in these phrases: That is the destiny of everybody who disrespects Al-Qassam Brigades and speaks unwell of them,” Hassan mentioned.
Hassan mentioned he collected his injured brother and took him to a close-by hospital. Footage shared on social media confirmed Rabie mendacity on a hospital mattress, lined in giant cuts and bruises that stretched alongside his arms, again and ft. Hassan confirmed the authenticity of the video, and mentioned the person on the mattress was certainly his brother.
Rabie died shortly after being taken to the hospital, he mentioned.
A photograph shared with CNN by the household reveals Rabie after he died, his face closely bruised, with components of his hair and one eyebrow shaved.
Hassan, 32, mentioned that the household is “certain” Rabie was killed by members of the Al-Qassam Brigades, and “we’ve got half of their names.”
CNN has reached out to Hamas’ Authorities Media Workplace for remark. The media workplace has, nevertheless, beforehand mentioned that Palestinians’ proper to specific their opinions and take part in peaceable demonstrations is a “respectable proper, and a vital a part of the nationwide values we consider in and defend,” including that the protests had been reflective of the “super strain and every day massacres our individuals are subjected to.”
The Al-Qassam Brigades has not but publicly commented on the accusations.
A written assertion printed by Rabie’s household on Fb mentioned that “a gaggle claiming to be from Al-Qassam Brigades” kidnapped Rabie at 8:30 p.m. on Friday. After hours of trying to find Rabie, the assertion mentioned, his household was informed he was within the arms of the group, who mentioned he wanted to be “disciplined” for “cursing them.”
In response to the assertion, Rabie was “tortured in probably the most extreme method with all types of sharp and onerous objects.” He suffered “inside bleeding,” in addition to a number of accidents to the top, pelvis and again, his household mentioned.
Within the assertion, Rabie’s household demanded retribution, and that Hamas carry those that killed him to justice.
In a video that his brother mentioned was shot a couple of week earlier than his dying, Rabie is seen talking into the digital camera: “They (Hamas) need to take me, they need to kill me … I don’t know what they need from me.”
Massive demonstrations in opposition to Hamas have been held in northern Gaza in latest days as Palestinians name for finish to a battle wherein greater than 50,000 folks have been killed throughout Israel’s navy marketing campaign following Hamas’ October 7, 2023, assault on Israel.
In an announcement, the Independent Commission for Human Rights, a Palestinian rights group established by former Palestine Liberation Group (PLO) head Yasser Arafat, condemned Rabie’s killing, saying it views “this crime as a part of the deteriorating safety chaos, the proliferation of weapons, and the absence of the rule of legislation in Gaza, posing a critical risk to public rights and freedoms.”
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