A recent spate of accounts from released Palestinian detainees has put the spotlight on conditions in Israeli jails and point to an increasingly dire situation for inmates. On Monday, the director of Gaza’s Al-Shifa medical complex, Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya, claimed he was tortured repeatedly during his seven months in Israeli detention.

Muhammad Abu Salmiya said he and others experienced torture, psychological humiliation and severe undernourishment.

The head of Gaza’s largest hospital has claimed he was repeatedly tortured during his seven months in Israeli detention, following his sudden release Monday, in a move that highlighted growing rifts in the Israeli establishment.

Israel released 55 Palestinian prisoners on Monday, including the director of Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital who alleged that he was abused during his eight-month detention. Mohammed Abu Salmiya,

Israel on Monday freed the head of Gaza's biggest hospital who said he was tortured during seven months in detention, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu soon after criticised the release as a "serious mistake".

The head of Israel's spy agency Mossad, David Barnea, is reported to have travelled alone to Doha to meet Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani as momentum is again building over a possible ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas.

Efforts to secure a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza gathered momentum on Friday after Hamas made a revised proposal on the terms of a deal, and Israel said negotiations would continue into next week.

Blindfolded, beaten and sometimes bitten by dogs, Gazans released from Israeli prisons allege being tortured amid the Israel-Hamas war, which rights groups say has worsened conditions for detainees. Mohammed Abu Salmiya,