RAMALLAH, West Bank—When Israeli soldiers released Baha Abu Rukba near a Gaza border crossing after holding him for nearly three weeks, the 24-year-old Palestinian said he was in pain and struggling to walk after being hit repeatedly with rifle butts and kicked in the groin.

       Since Israel’s armed forces pushed into Gaza in response to the Hamas Oct. 7 attacks on southern Israel that left 1,200 people dead, according to Israeli authorities, the United Nations estimates they have detained thousands of young Palestinians in operations the Israeli military has said are aimed at identifying militants.

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