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He left military detention in israel permanently disabled. A taxi driver from khan younis, released without charge after weeks of interrogation. His return soured by sadness. Translation my leg got infected and turned blue l and soft as a sponge. After seven days they took me to the military hospital. They operated twice to clean the wound but it didnt work. Afterwards they took me to a Public Hospital where the doctor gave me two options my leg or my life. Neither israels army nor Health Ministry has responded to these allegations. There is growing concern over the medical care of gazan detainees in israel. Classed as unlawful combatants even before interrogation, doctors say they are kept shackled and blindfolded, including during hospital treatment. Allegations have centred on a new Field Hospital at the state imam military base. One senior medic there says patients are kept blindfolded and in nappies, with all four limbs handcuffed to the bed. The army, not me, they create the patient to be depending 100 on you like a baby. You are cuffed, you are with diaper, you need the water, you need everything. It is the dehumanisation of them. The army told us that the need to handcuff detainees in the medical facility was examined individually and daily and that cuffing was done when the Security Risk required it. Diapers or nappies it said, were only for those patients with limited movement. The doctor told us these measures were applied to all patients without assessment, even those who couldnt walk. If they cant stand on their legs why are they shackled . I cant answer this, this is stupid. The hamas attacks on the 7th Of October left israels hospital staff treating captured fighters alongside their israeli victims. Many current detainees are released without charge but the complex feelings of some medics remain. Two medics told us painkillers had been withheld, causing what one described as an unacceptable amount of pain. This man, who we are calling yoni, described a case he said took place in a public, civilian hospital. His words have been voiced by an actor. I have knowledge of one case where the painkillers were used selectively during the procedure. If you put together that someone is undergoing an invasive procedure which involves even incisions and the patient doesnt know about that and is blindfolded, then the line between treatment and assault thins out. Treating Gazan Captives on military sites was meant to resolve doctors� ethical dilemmas, but those dilemmas remain. The moment our hospital at sde teiman closes, one told me, we will celebrate. Lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal court has applied for Arrest Warrants for israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and hamas� s leader in gaza, yahya sinwar, for war crimes. Israeli Defence Minister yoav gallant and hamas� s political leader ismail haniyeh, along with the groups military chief mohammed deif, are also wanted for arrest. The prosecutor said they, and a number of Senior Leaders in hamas, should all face charges linked to war crimes. Mr netanyahu said he was disgusted that a � democratic israel� had been compared with what he called � mass murderers�. Hamas has said it denounces at attempt to equate the victim with the executioner. Hamas is designated a Terrorist Organisation by the us, uk and many other countries. No warrants can be issued unless a Panel Ofjudges at the International Criminal court agree. The Israeli Defence minister, yoav gallant, has described a request by the International Criminal Court Prosecutor for Arrest Warrants as a disgraceful bid to interfere in the gaza war. Our correspondent, danjohnson, has been giving us the latest reaction from jerusalem. A strong response, a furious response and it is in the main a United Response whereas in the last week we have been seeing divisions opening up between Benjamin Netanyahu, his Defence Secretary yoav gallant and another member of his war cabinet, we are now seeing them uniting in condemnation of this move by the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal court to press charges, to issue Arrest Warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and the Defence Minister. The Prime Minister last night described this as moral outrage of historic proportions. He said it would cast an everlasting mark of shame on the international court. Describing the prosecutor, he said he creates a twisted and false Moral Equivalence between the leaders of israel and the henchmen of hamas, something that sets a dangerous precedent that undermines every democracy� s right to defend itself against terror organisations. He has made clear that he believes the International Criminal court has no jurisdiction over israel. Israel is not signed up to the International Criminal court. But the court does recognise the state of palestine, so it seems even if the israelis are going to challenge this on the basis of lack ofjurisdiction, the court has already ruled that matters affecting the Palestinian People do come within its remit. I think what we will see is a concerted attempt to challenge the International Criminal court� s legitimacy and to question its approach here. We have already seen the united states� s President Joe Biden saying this is an outrageous move. The us is not signed up to the International Criminal court, but even those who are have questioned this as well. The word from a british spokesman was this was unhelpful at the moment. And there is real outrage at the perceived Moral Equivalence or bringing an Arrest Warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu at the same time as the top leaders of hamas, something they say they will challenge, they will question, they will ignore. But the reality will be, if these Arrest Warrants are issued, Benjamin Netanyahu could be at risk of arrest visiting any country that is signed up to the International Criminal court. That includes britain. What would britain do in that instance if Benjamin Netanyahu chose to visit . Will he restrict his travel plans if that happens . These are major issues, Big Questions for the future which could possibly Test International relations and the upholding of international law, justice and accountability. That was dan johnson that was danjohnson injerusalem. To iran now, where Funeral Ceremonies for the president , ebrahim raisi, are getting under way after his body was recovered on monday from the wreckage of a helicopter crash. Events will take place across the country before he is buried. Iran� s supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, will preside over the main ceremony. Rescue teams found no survivors from the crash, which happened on sunday, as mr raisi was flying back from a trip to iran� s northern neighbour, azerbaijan. The Iranian Foreign minister was also killed. The cause of the crash has not yet been established. I spoke to kasra naji from bbc persian, who took us through today� s events. What we� re seeing today is a sendoff, an informalfuneral for the eight people who died in this incident, including president raisi and his Foreign Minister, mr hossein amirabdollahian. We saw crowds of people in the streets of tabriz, which is the Centre Capital of the Eastern Azerbaijan province of iran, in north west iran. And of course, the significance being they were on their way to that city when this accident. When the helicopter crashed. And the site of the crash is about 100 kilometres north of the city. So what we have seen is a big truck, open truck today driving amongst the crowd today in the city centre, carrying the coffins of the president and the Foreign Minister and others who were killed. And we saw people throwing flowers at the procession and the truck and the coffins. The ceremony has been going on for some time, some two hours, two and a half hours, probably go on for another hour or two. There� s a huge crowd. We� re talking, from what i� ve seen on the Iranian State television coverage, we� re talking about probably 10,000 people, probably more, and that� s a big crowd. And the reason for that big crowd is not because he� s popular, but these are the people who are supporters of the regime, of the hardliners, of the government, and they have invested in the government, government has invested in them, they support each other. And the iranian government, the regime, is very keen to bring out as many people as possible to this kind of ceremonies, to project that support, the Popular Support and the continuity and stability that they are very keen to project. That was kasra naji from bbc persian. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. The uk government is expected to outline plans for a Compensation Scheme for victims of the nhs contaminated Blood Scandal. It comes after a report, released on monday, outlined how there were years of deceptions and cover ups by doctors and successive governments preventing people who were infected, and theirfamilies, from knowing what had happened. More than 30,000 people were infected with diseases like hiv and hepatitis c between the 19705 and 1990s. 3000 have already died. Rishi sunak said the episode brought shame upon the british state. Here� s our Health Correspondent dominic hughes. Cheering and applause. A moment of relief and joy after years of grief, frustration and anger, sir Brian Langstaff delivers his findings to just some of the thousands of people whose lives have been touched by the infected Blood Scandal. 0utside, some of them reflected on a moment they� ve spent decades fighting for. What we all knew, what we all knew, we� re now hearing. And so for me, that is justice. It is incredibly sad and hard that hes not here today. But i feel hed go, well done, weve done it. Yeah, definitely. Mean so much, a0 years of fighting. I wish my parents were both here to be here with me, but they� ve passed on. But i hope they� re looking down because it� s for them and it� s for him to have recognition his life did mean something. Sir, brian� s five year investigation found that clinicians, Blood Services and hospitals and successive governments didn� t put Patient Safety first. Ministers were wrong to say that patients received the best medical treatment available at the time, and to save face and expense, successive governments refused to admit responsibility, showing little interest in finding the truth, listening to those infected or taking action. The report prompted this apology from the Prime Minister. This is an apology from the state to every Single Person impacted by this scandal. It did not have to be this way. It should never have been this way. And on behalf of this and every government stretching back to the 19705, i am truly sorry. Those at the heart of the infected Blood Scandal are now waiting to see what ministers have to say about long delayed compensation payments. Its a bit like christmas morning, youre waking up and youve opened the present, but its not really the present you wanted. The one we really want is about the whole sort of compensation. The key test of this inquiry is whether it can achieve real, long lasting, fundamental change in the nhs, in the medical profession, in government, so that a scandal as dreadful as this never happens again. Dominic hughes, bbc news. Earlier, i spoke to our chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffman and asked him about the Prime Minister� s reaction to yesterday� s report. It is extremely rare to have a Prime Minister standing at the dispatch box of the House Of Commons, apologising, not for something they specifically have done, but for something the state has done, some think that successive governments over decades have done. And rishi sunak vowed to pay whatever it costs in compensation to do as much as the government can at this point, at this late juncture to put it right. And that is the question that is going to be asked in parliament, in the House Of Commons today how is the government proposing to compensate both those infected in this awful scandal, but also those affected, the Family Members and loved ones and so on of those who were treated with this contaminated product . That is the big question for today, and it was clear from yesterday that across Political Parties there is now, although campaigners would say far too late, a real desire to put this right at long last. And a figure that has been talked about is a figure of £10 billion. That� s right, that is what most estimates put this Compensation Scheme at. 0bviously, that is an awful lot of money, even by the standards of a government budget. But it is what people who have done the sums seem to think is the amount that would be required to compensate the number of people affected, which is in the tens of thousands. And more people are realising that they were affected now as there is this greater media coverage, Greater Public scrutiny of these years in which people were treated with contaminated blood products. In practical terms, how that will work, how this compensation and that overall package will be distributed between those affected i think is one of the most crucial questions today. And also, at what pace . Those campaigners say someone affected by this is still dying once every four days on average. So obviously there is going to be a real desire on the part of the campaigners and on the part of many in parliament to ensure that compensation gets paid out as fast as possible. Here in the uk a woman in her 50s has died after being attacked by her two xl bully dogs. Police were called to a property in east london on monday afternoon. Due to the threat posed, armed officers attended and safely seized two dogs. From the start of february, it became a criminal offence to own the Xl Bully Breed in england and wales without an exemption certificate. 0ur reporter paul hawkins, who is in east london, told me what details we know. Details have been small from the metropolitan police not many, to be honest but we know that just after one o� clock yesterday Afternoon Police were called to this propertyjust behind me and attended the scene following reports that a woman inside had been attacked by two xl bully dogs. The police took that call so seriously they sent an armed response unit, and the officers entered the property and found the two dogs in a room inside. During the whole incident, the police are keen to stress, the dogs remained inside the house and during that time they took the dogs away, but very sadly all we know about the woman is that she is in her 50s, she died at the scene. The investigation, if i can just step out of shot, it is ongoing at the moment. The blue hazmat tent in front of the front door has been there throughout the night and police have kept a presence here overnight, this lone police officer. There is police tape around the property and the car in the driveway, and just the one police car here, but given the hazmat tent is still there we expect detectives to turn up later and carry out the investigation into this attack, which is notable given the two xl bullies inside were registered under the new scheme that all Xl Bully Owners have to be part of, that is a legal requirement now. That is paul hawkins reporting. Rishi sunak is in austria, where he met with chancellor karl nehammer. The m

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