Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary reports that nine Palestinian prisoners released earlier today and brought to Al-Aqsa Hospital in Gaza had been arrested at a checkpoint six months ago when the Israeli forces besieged the Jabalia refugee camp.

“We’ve seen them and we could see that they had signs of torture on their bodies,” she reports. “Doctors said they were deprived of food and basic necessities. Their families were also unaware of where they were being held.”

Khoudary reports that there are hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli jails and relatives who do not know where they are have been calling the ICRC for information on their whereabouts.

“Meanwhile, Israeli attacks continue across Gaza. There have been at least two airstrikes since the morning,” she adds. “One took place in the al-Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City, where six Palestinians were killed, and another one in Khuza’a in Khan Younis, where five Palestinians were killed.”