The Red Cross visit the Abu Zenima camp in October, 1971. The Red Cross Archive

Israel Secretly Detained Innocent Palestinians in Remote Desert Camps in Sinai

An investigative report reveals that hundreds of Gazans, including families of suspected Fatah terrorists, and young men not suspected of anything were jailed in detention camps in 1971 for almost a year

In 1971, under heavy secrecy, Israel built two detention camps in the Sinai Peninsula where innocent Palestinians were sent. One was used for the families of Fatah members who were suspected of terrorism, one...

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