"Mahmoud Abu Foul, who was taken from northern Gaza, says he lost his sight due to severe torture in an Israeli prison. A 28-year-old from northern Gaza, Abu Foul was arrested from Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya in late December and imprisoned in Israeli detention facilities, where he says guards tortured and beat him so severely that he lost his sight."
"At Sde Teiman prison, a facility other detainees describe as the prison that breaks men, Abu Foul endured repeated beatings and torture. One day, guards struck him on the head with such force that he fell unconscious. When he regained consciousness, he discovered he had lost his sight, he said. I kept asking for medical treatment, but they only gave me one type of eye drops, which did nothing, he said. My eyes kept tearing constantly, with discharge and pain, but no one cared."
Mahmoud Abu Foul, 28, from northern Gaza, was arrested at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya in late December and detained in Israeli facilities. Guards reportedly tortured and beat him repeatedly at Sde Teiman prison, causing him to lose his sight after a head injury. He had previously lost a leg in a 2015 Israeli bombing. Prison authorities provided only eye drops and ignored his hunger strike and medical requests. He was released under a United States-brokered ceasefire that freed nearly 2,000 Palestinian detainees, many with signs of abuse. Abu Foul was transferred to Nasser Hospital and now lives in a tent seeking treatment abroad.
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