Newsweek | Filed: 8/15/14 at 2:10 PM Palestinian boy Mohammed Wahdan, whom medics said was wounded in Israeli shelling, receives psychological care at Shifa hospital in Gaza City August 14, 2014. Mohammed Salem/Reuters In a ward at Shifa, Gaza’s largest hospital, child therapist Rabeea Hamouda is trying to elicit a response from two small […]
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Captive Awab Mubarak subjected to Israel’s physical and psychological torture
[ PIC 31/08/2013 – 03:33 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Captive Awab Ahmed Mubarak, 20-year-old, has been and still is subjected to physical and psychological torture in the Israeli interrogation centers, Tadamun Foundation said. The researcher at the foundation, Ahmad al-Beitawi, said on Saturday that Awab has been subjected to continuous interrogation for 20 hours per […]
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B’Tselem: Palestinian children tortured to force confession
Al Ray Agencies | Aug 25, 2013 Memo – The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem issued a report on Thursday stating that “Palestinian citizens, mostly minors, have been subjected to harassment and torture at the hands of Israeli interrogators in an attempt to force them to confess to private security offenses related to throwing stones.” […]
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Hamas dismisses Israeli threats as propaganda
Maan News Agency | April 17, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas on Wednesday dismissed Israeli threats to resume war on the Gaza Strip as psychological propaganda. Israeli army chief Benny Gantz told Israel Radio on Tuesday that if the “relative quiet” along the Gaza border did not hold, “there will be no quiet in […]
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UNRWA: Sharp rise in children suffering post-war traumas in Gaza – With Must See Video
[ PIC 22/01/2013 – 09:49 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The UNRWA said the incidence of psychological trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the Gaza Strip has risen by more than 100 percent following the last Israel war. It added that the number of Gazans it was treating from November to December for psychological […]
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Memories of violence haunt Gaza children
Most of them spending sleepless nights Image Credit: AFP | Wounded Palestinian children receive medical attention at a hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, following an Israeli air raid. By Ahmad Najjar, Correspondent Published: 00:00 March 18, 2012 | Gulfnews Gaza: While a fragile truce between Palestinians and Israelis that […]
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Study: Children struggle to cope after Israeli detention
Maan News Agency | March 21, 2012 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Thousands of Palestinian children struggle with mental health problems and reintegration into society after they are detained by Israel, a new report on child detention says. According to the study released by Save the Children Sweden and YMCA-East Jerusalem on Monday, 90.6 percent of detained […]
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Power outages, fear of Israeli attack in Gaza affects children’s psychological state
Gaza school students have been living under a constant state of fear which has had serious consequences on their education and well-being. (File photo) Al Arabiya Tuesday, 21 February 2012 By Yusuf al-Sadek Al Arabiya Gaza Related: Deprivation of Basic Needs Cost Lives! Healthcare | Electricity | Water | Communication Fuel shortage in Gaza’s […]
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Israel interrogates Palestinian minor
Related: CHILD ARRESTS BY ISRAEL ▶ OVERVIEW Jan 19 2012 | Ronan Macfield| Palestine Telegraph London, (Pal Telegraph) – Human Rights (Euro-Mid Observer) commented on a leaked video showing Israeli interrogators grabbing confessions from a Palestinian minor by imposing physical and psychological pressure on the minor. An official in the Euro-Mid observer stated that the […]
Continue readingCenter: Tortured detainee needs psychological treatment
May 16, 2011 TUBAS (Ma’an) — A Palestinian detainee needs psychological treatment after being tortured and held for long periods in solitary confinement by Israeli forces, a detainees’ center said, The center in Tubas said Israeli authorities tortured Rafat Odeh with boiling oil. Odeh did not suffer any psychological problems until he was detained by […]
Continue readingIsraeli warplanes launch mock raids on Gaza
[ 13/04/2011 – 03:25 PM GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli warplanes launched a series of mock raids on various areas in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. The mock raids spread fears among the populace especially after the Israeli massacres that killed 19 people and injured dozens a few days ago. In another context, Israeli occupation forces stormed […]
Continue readingHammad: Gaza will not accept security coordination with occupation
[ 26/12/2010 – 10:17 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli war threats against the Gaza Strip are psychological warfare and would not affect the population in the coastal enclave, Fathi Hammad, the interior minister in Gaza, said. Hammad, speaking at a meeting for notables in northern Gaza on Saturday, said that Gaza would not […]
Continue readingSpecialists: The siege on Gaza imposes harsh psychological effect on people
[ 10/12/2010 – 06:43 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Local and international psychologists and human rights activists have urged Thursday the international community to pressure the Zionist entity into lifting the siege on the Gaza Strip, warning that the blockade imposes negative effect on the psychological health on the cordoned people there. In a workshop […]
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