Gazan men who say they were detained by Israeli army detail shocking allegations of physical and sexual abuse [View all]

On a thin mattress in a tent in Rafah, with the constant drone of war above him, Mustafa Jamal Kahlout feels lucky to be alive.

He's still recovering from surgery in January for internal bleeding and broken ribs that he says were the result of relentless beatings inside an Israeli detention centre.

Mustafa told the ABC he's not sure why the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) picked him up, but he says their questions suggested they were suspicious he and his family did not follow orders to evacuate to Gaza's south.

"They asked me why I did not travel to the south. I told them my mother is old and my father died, she cannot walk. They would reply that is not enough," he said.

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