{"id":25245,"date":"2026-03-27T17:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/gaza-child-burned-with-cigarette-after-release-from-israeli-captivity-world-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T17:22:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:22:26","slug":"gaza-child-burned-with-cigarette-after-release-from-israeli-captivity-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/gaza-child-burned-with-cigarette-after-release-from-israeli-captivity-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza child &#8216;burned with cigarette&#8217; after release from Israeli captivity. world | news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"photo changeSpace\">\n<p class=\"withoutCaption\"><picture><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/1200x712\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-6828553.avif?r=1774631786821\" media=\"screen and (min-width:10000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/1200x712\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-6828553.webp?r=1774631786821\" media=\"screen and (min-width:10000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/1200x712\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-6828553.jpg?r=1774631786821\" media=\"screen and (min-width:10000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/674x400\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-6828553.avif?r=1774631786821\" media=\"screen and (min-width:100000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/674x400\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-6828553.webp?r=1774631786821\" media=\"screen and (min-width:100000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/674x400\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-6828553.jpg?r=1774631786821\" media=\"screen and (min-width:100000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/940x\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-6828553.avif?r=1774631786821\" media=\"screen and (min-width:1200px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/940x\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-6828553.webp?r=1774631786821\" media=\"screen and (min-width:1200px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/940x\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-6828553.jpg?r=1774631786821\" media=\"screen and (min-width:1200px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-6828553.avif?r=1774631786821\" media=\"screen\"\/><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-6828553.webp?r=1774631786821\" media=\"screen\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"newsCaption\">Infant Jawad Abu Nasser suffered physical and psychological injuries after being detained by Israeli forces near the Maghazi refugee camp, according to his family and witnesses. <span class=\"caption\">(Image: Ramzi Abu Amer\/APImages\/Shutterstock)<\/span><span class=\"magnifier\" data-img=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/1200x712\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-6828553.jpg?r=1774631786821\"\/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>A baby in Gaza has been returned to his family with burn wounds to his legs after allegedly being captured by Israeli forces, as conflicting accounts emerge over what happened during his 10-hour separation. Jawad Abu Nasser, who was only one year and nine months old, was with his father when he was detained in central Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>Later he returned alone to his mother. According to a report by Sky News correspondent John Sparks, the child was examined after his return, with injuries that raised serious concerns among medical staff. Jawad&#8217;s mother, Waad Al Shafi, was shocked when she saw his condition. &#8220;When I pulled down his pants, I saw his legs. That&#8217;s where the entry and exit wounds were.&#8221; She said: &#8220;It looks like they used metal tools to pierce her, and they put cigarettes on her little feet. We only realized it the next day.&#8221; Medical observations noted &#8220;marks of similar size, in the same locations, on both legs&#8221;, with the report stating that they were &#8220;marks of torture, caused, in whole or in part, by burnt cigarettes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>The Israel Defense Forces strongly denied the allegations of abuse and said in a statement that the claims were &#8220;completely baseless&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>The IDF said that Jawad&#8217;s father had been captured and &#8220;admitted to being a member of Hamas&#8221;, further alleging that he had used his son as a human shield.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description dont-miss\">\n<p><strong>    Read more:<\/strong>  &#8216;US and Israel attack&#8217; Iran&#8217;s nuclear site as Middle East is in danger <\/p>\n<p><strong>    Read more:<\/strong>  Iran&#8217;s deadly missile mistake misses Israel and kills 3 Palestinian women <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photo changeSpace\">\n<p class=\"withoutCaption\"><picture><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/1200x712\/secondary\/Infant-Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-injuries-6828687.avif?r=1774631786833\" media=\"screen and (min-width:10000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/1200x712\/secondary\/Infant-Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-injuries-6828687.webp?r=1774631786833\" media=\"screen and (min-width:10000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/1200x712\/secondary\/Infant-Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-injuries-6828687.jpg?r=1774631786833\" media=\"screen and (min-width:10000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/674x400\/secondary\/Infant-Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-injuries-6828687.avif?r=1774631786833\" media=\"screen and (min-width:100000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/674x400\/secondary\/Infant-Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-injuries-6828687.webp?r=1774631786833\" media=\"screen and (min-width:100000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/674x400\/secondary\/Infant-Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-injuries-6828687.jpg?r=1774631786833\" media=\"screen and (min-width:100000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/940x\/secondary\/Infant-Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-injuries-6828687.avif?r=1774631786833\" media=\"screen and (min-width:1200px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/940x\/secondary\/Infant-Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-injuries-6828687.webp?r=1774631786833\" media=\"screen and (min-width:1200px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/940x\/secondary\/Infant-Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-injuries-6828687.jpg?r=1774631786833\" media=\"screen and (min-width:1200px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/Infant-Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-injuries-6828687.avif?r=1774631786833\" media=\"screen\"\/><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/Infant-Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-injuries-6828687.webp?r=1774631786833\" media=\"screen\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/Infant-Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-injuries-6828687.jpg?r=1774631786833\" alt=\"Infant Jawad Osama Abu Nasr suffered injuries to his legs\" title=\"Infant Jawad Osama Abu Nasr suffered injuries to his legs\" width=\"590\" height=\"444\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"newsCaption\">The child showed a medical report of injuries related to the attack while in custody <span class=\"caption\">(Image: Ramzi Abu Amer\/APImages\/Shutterstock)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>Dr. Bisan Ahmed, who examined Jawad, gave a detailed clinical assessment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>&#8220;I observed multiple deep, uniform wounds on her lower body, which are clinically consistent with intentional cigarette burns as a form of physical torture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>He added, &#8220;These are deep second-degree burns that can reach nerves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>The incident began a week ago when Jawad&#8217;s father Osama took him to a market before Eid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>Neighbors said he accidentally drove towards the area known locally as the &#8220;Yellow Line&#8221; \u2013 the border separating parts of Gaza under Israeli control.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>As the pair approached, Israeli soldiers opened fire and ordered the father to put the child down, witnesses said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photo changeSpace\">\n<p class=\"withoutCaption\"><picture><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/1200x712\/secondary\/6828676.avif?r=1774631786938\" media=\"screen and (min-width:10000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/1200x712\/secondary\/6828676.webp?r=1774631786938\" media=\"screen and (min-width:10000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/1200x712\/secondary\/6828676.jpg?r=1774631786938\" media=\"screen and (min-width:10000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/674x400\/secondary\/6828676.avif?r=1774631786938\" media=\"screen and (min-width:100000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/674x400\/secondary\/6828676.webp?r=1774631786938\" media=\"screen and (min-width:100000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/674x400\/secondary\/6828676.jpg?r=1774631786938\" media=\"screen and (min-width:100000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/940x\/secondary\/6828676.avif?r=1774631786938\" media=\"screen and (min-width:1200px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/940x\/secondary\/6828676.webp?r=1774631786938\" media=\"screen and (min-width:1200px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/940x\/secondary\/6828676.jpg?r=1774631786938\" media=\"screen and (min-width:1200px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/6828676.avif?r=1774631786938\" media=\"screen\"\/><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/6828676.webp?r=1774631786938\" media=\"screen\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/6828676.jpg?r=1774631786938\" alt=\"Infant Jawad Osama Abu Nasser suffered physical and psychological injuries following the death of his father\" title=\"Infant Jawad Osama Abu Nasser suffered physical and psychological injuries following the death of his father\" width=\"590\" height=\"444\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"newsCaption\">The child&#8217;s grandfather, Mohammed Abu Nasr, picked up his blood-stained trousers. <span class=\"caption\">(Image: Ramzi Abu Amer\/APImages\/Shutterstock)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>Jawad&#8217;s grandfather, Mohammed Abu Nasser, said: &#8220;So I was ordered to put the child down, and he did. He kept walking, leaving about 100 meters of distance between them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>He added, &#8220;No father would do this, not even a few steps away. It is unimaginable. Your child will try to come back to you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>Family members suggested that Osama was in shock after losing his home and a child during his wife&#8217;s pregnancy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>&#8220;Osama was not behaving normally,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It seemed like he was unaware of what he was doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photo changeSpace\">\n<p class=\"withoutCaption\"><picture><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/1200x712\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-medical-report-6828697.avif?r=1774631786991\" media=\"screen and (min-width:10000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/1200x712\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-medical-report-6828697.webp?r=1774631786991\" media=\"screen and (min-width:10000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/1200x712\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-medical-report-6828697.jpg?r=1774631786991\" media=\"screen and (min-width:10000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/674x400\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-medical-report-6828697.avif?r=1774631786991\" media=\"screen and (min-width:100000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/674x400\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-medical-report-6828697.webp?r=1774631786991\" media=\"screen and (min-width:100000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/674x400\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-medical-report-6828697.jpg?r=1774631786991\" media=\"screen and (min-width:100000px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/940x\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-medical-report-6828697.avif?r=1774631786991\" media=\"screen and (min-width:1200px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/940x\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-medical-report-6828697.webp?r=1774631786991\" media=\"screen and (min-width:1200px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/940x\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-medical-report-6828697.jpg?r=1774631786991\" media=\"screen and (min-width:1200px)\"\/><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-medical-report-6828697.avif?r=1774631786991\" media=\"screen\"\/><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-medical-report-6828697.webp?r=1774631786991\" media=\"screen\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/Jawad-Osama-Abu-Nassar-medical-report-6828697.jpg?r=1774631786991\" alt=\"Jawad Osama Abu Nasr handwritten medical report\" title=\"Jawad Osama Abu Nasr handwritten medical report\" width=\"590\" height=\"444\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"newsCaption\">Handwritten medical report documenting the injuries sustained by Jawad Abu Nasr <span class=\"caption\">(Image: Ramzi Abu Amer\/APImages\/Shutterstock)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>According to the Israeli account, the child was safely transferred to the Red Cross, with footage released showing a soldier saying: &#8220;His body parts are stable. He is walking and talking, and he is happy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>The Army acknowledged firing near the pair but said it was aimed at taking them away from the border area. This revealed that the boy&#8217;s injuries may have been caused by debris.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>&#8220;The bullets are likely to cause shrapnel&#8221;, he said, resulting in minor injuries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>Jawad&#8217;s father is missing since the incident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\">\n<p>For now, the child is back with his family \u2014 but, according to reports, he&#8217;s &#8220;too nervous to leave the front door.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Infant Jawad Abu Nasser suffered physical and psychological injuries after being detained by Israeli forces near the Maghazi refugee camp, according to his family and witnesses. (Image: Ramzi Abu Amer\/APImages\/Shutterstock) A baby in Gaza has been returned to his family with burn wounds to his legs after allegedly being captured by Israeli forces, as conflicting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[7681,3678,1343,10123,3350,2001,615,287,166],"class_list":{"0":"post-25245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bible-news","8":"tag-burned","9":"tag-captivity","10":"tag-child","11":"tag-cigarette","12":"tag-gaza","13":"tag-israeli","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-release","16":"tag-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25247,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25245\/revisions\/25247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}