Two women and six men were released from Ofer prison and transferred to Al-Aqsa Hospital in Gaza by the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
Eight Palestinian prisoners released by the Israeli army said they were tortured and threatened in custody.
Last Thursday, two women and six men were released from Ofer prison in the occupied West Bank. Among the prisoners, some of the men appeared to show signs of physical abuse and were grimacing in pain.
Reporting from Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera's Hind Khoudary said the freed prisoners were “completely exhausted”.
“One of the women was unable to walk and was taken to the emergency department on a stretcher.”
The prisoners were not arrested at the same time, he said, adding that one of the men, an aid truck driver, was detained at the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) junction.
A woman was arrested after visiting the occupied West Bank with her son.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said it provided first aid to the prisoners who were released in front of the Kissufim military checkpoint and transferred them to Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza.
“They all said they had been tortured, they all said they had been threatened, they all said they had been deprived of medicine and clothing,” Khoudary said.
“They were asked about Hamas members and Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip.”
Israel released dozens of Palestinians it had detained in early July, including the director of al-Shifa Hospital, Muhammad Abu Salmiya, who said Palestinians suffered daily abuse in the prison.
“Several inmates died in interrogation centres and were deprived of food and medicine,” Salmiya said at a press conference after her release. “Cells are raided and prisoners are beaten.”
Abu Salmiya was arrested amid accusations by the Israeli military that Hamas was using Al-Shifa Hospital as a base. He was released after more than seven months in detention.
Israel’s Public Broadcasting Corporation reported in July that prisons were “full” as increasing numbers of Palestinians were being arrested following the Hamas-led attack on October 7 in southern Israel.
The Palestine Prisoners' Society and the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission also said Thursday that 9,800 Palestinians have been detained in the occupied West Bank since Israel's war on Gaza began.
