Several Gaza Arabs say that they were brutally tortured while in prison in the Sinai Peninsula, according to the Jerusalem Post. Egyptian forces used sensory deprivation, electric shock, whippings, and beatings on several of the detainees, they said.
The detainees who allegedly suffered torture were among those who entered the Sinai Peninsula after Hamas blew large holes in the barrier dividing Gaza from Egypt. They were suspected of membership in Hamas, they said. Egyptian interrogators asked them about the movements of top Hamas terrorists and the whereabouts of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, they said.