This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.During the 2023–2025 Gaza war, Israeli military agencies released videos of detained Palestinians in which they confessed to committing various crimes.
In October 2023, Israel's domestic security agency, Shin Bet and IDF's Unit 504, began releasing summaries and videos of what they said were "Hamas militants".
[7] Shin Bet spokesperson Shalom Ben Hanan said the results of these interrogations were meant for Western audiences, to promote Israel's narrative.
[5] Reports by Amnesty, B'Tselem, Human Rights Watch and various media outlets have confirmed that during interrogations and in detainment Palestinian men, women and children in Gaza and in locations such as the Sde Teiman detention camp detention camp have been subjected to rape, gang-rape, sexualized torture and mutilation among other forms of sexual violence, as well as psychological and physical torture by both male and female Israeli soldiers and medical staff.
[1] On October 25, the Associated Press analyzed six interrogation videos released by Israeli security services, and stated that they could not independently verify them, and that the alleged militants, who are bloodied and wincing in pain, could have been speaking under duress.
[3] On November 14, AP News analyzed that a claimed confession video Israel released showed the captured militant was speaking "clearly under duress".
[1] NBC News noted that in one of the confession videos, the militant had blood on his shirt and bruises on his face, which Israel explained came from capture in combat.
[1] On November 26 Physicians for Human Rights Israel denounced taped alleged confessions released by the Israeli military (IDF), intelligence (Shin Bet) and government, citing "severe concern that the interrogations included the use of torture.
"[18] On November 30, one Palestinian (accused by Israel to be a militant) was released as part of the prisoner exchange, said he was repeatedly asked by Israeli soldiers to make confessions with "a gun to his face".
[1] Interrogations of detainees captured in Israel following the October 7 attack, revealed, according to the IDF, that Hamas commanders had sanctioned targeting civilians, including children, women, and the elderly.
[7] Interrogations of the detainees, conducted primarily by Shin Bet and IDF's Unit 504, have provided, according to Israeli defense sources, a detailed account of the events and the mindset of the attackers.
One of the captured attackers, an alleged member of Hamas's elite Nukhba commando unit, provided a description of the Kfar Aza massacre, saying that the primary mission of his group was to kill civilians rather than taking hostages.
[1] During the interrogation, according to the videos released by the IDF Spokesperson unit, the detainee recounted how his group entered Kfar Aza in a jeep, blew up the gate with an explosive device, and then proceeded to attack the residents with firearms and grenades.
These arrests have taken place across several areas described by Israeli authorities as Hamas strongholds, including Shejaiya and Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza, as well as Khan Younis in the south.
[27] The Israeli army intelligence unit has collaborated with Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service, to arrest an additional 150 suspects, including known Hamas operatives from the Jabaliya area.