{
  "id": 668822,
  "title": "Hamas intensified Gaza torture, interrogations post-Oct. 2025 ceasefire, IDF Arabic spox says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/hamas-intensified-gaza-torture-interrogations-post-oct-2025-ceasefire",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T14:08:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-905295"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hamas has escalated interrogations and torture of Palestinian residents in the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire took effect in October 2025, according to the IDF Arabic Spokesperson, Lt.-Col. Ella Waweya. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) claim Hamas is intensifying its efforts to assert control over the Gaza Strip's population. Waweya reported on X/Twitter that Hamas is subjecting civilians of all demographics, including minors and women, to severe interrogations and investigations within public facilities. These facilities include schools, hospitals, mosques, and government buildings, where ordinary residents are summoned for questioning and subjected to arbitrary detentions and torture. The terrorist organization Hamas continues to employ physical violence, blackmail, psychological threats, prolonged isolation, and other forms of mistreatment against residents, according to the IDF. Waweya concluded that Hamas persists in its destructive behavior, causing harm and inflicting pain on the residents of Gaza.",
  "summary": "Hamas employs physical violence, blackmail, psychological threats and harm, prolonged isolation, and a range of other forms of mistreatment, the IDF said.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/idf-opens-fire-on-suspected-hamas-sniper-near-gaza-yellow-line",
        "published": "2026-08-11T15:46:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Board of Peace’s Gaza envoy denies financial deal with Hamas: ‘Not on the table’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/board-of-peaces-gaza-envoy-denies-financial-deal-with-hamas-not-on",
        "published": "2026-08-12T16:43:32.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}