Israeli army detains Palestinian seeking aid at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site
Name(s):
Ashraf Monir Mohammed Abdeen
Status:
Forcibly disappeared
Year of birth:
1993
Profession:
Unemployed
Nationality:
Palestinian
Date of arrest:
Ashraf Abdeen was forcibly disappeared on July 11, 2025, after heading to an aid distribution point in the north of Rafah. On July 16, 2025, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights (Al Mezan) submitted an official inquiry to the Israeli army, and the Israeli army confirmed that Abdeen is in their custody.
Ashraf Monir Mohammed Abdeen is a 32-year-old Palestinian residing in Gaza. On the morning of July 11, 2025, at approximately 7:00 a.m., he left his place of displacement in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis and headed alone to the distribution point operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation* in the Al-Shakoush area of the Saudi neighbourhood in Rafah. He subsequently disappeared, and all contact with him was lost. His family searched for him in hospitals and other possible locations, but they were unable to find him.
On July 16, 2025, Al Mezan submitted an official inquiry via email to the Israeli army regarding his arrest and place of detention. A week later, the Israeli army responded and confirmed that Abdeen is in their custody. However, his place of detention has not been disclosed, and he is denied from meeting a lawyer.
On July 28, 2025, Al Mezan and MENA Rights Group (MRG) submitted an urgent appeal to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (UN WGEID), urging them to intervene with the Israeli authorities to clarify Ashraf Abdeen’s fate and whereabouts.
They also requested that the UN Working Group address a communication to the GHF, and to the relevant U.S. authorities, in light of the mounting number of cases of enforced disappearances occurring at the aid distribution sites operated by the organisation.
*The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) is a U.S. and Israeli-backed organisation criticised by the UN and civil society organisations for operating military-controlled aid distribution sites where Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid have faced daily gun fires and mass casualties. Since the GHF started operating in May 2025 until July, over 700 Palestinians have been killed at the vicinity of GHF sites, and almost 4,000 have been injured.
| Name(s): |
Ashraf Monir Mohammed Abdeen
|
| Status: |
Forcibly disappeared
|
| Year of birth: |
1993
|
| Profession: |
Unemployed
|
| Nationality: |
Palestinian
|
| Date of arrest: |
|
Ashraf Monir Mohammed Abdeen is a 32-year-old Palestinian residing in Gaza. On the morning of July 11, 2025, at approximately 7:00 a.m., he left his place of displacement in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis and headed alone to the distribution point operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation* in the Al-Shakoush area of the Saudi neighbourhood in Rafah. He subsequently disappeared, and all contact with him was lost. His family searched for him in hospitals and other possible locations, but they were unable to find him.
On July 16, 2025, Al Mezan submitted an official inquiry via email to the Israeli army regarding his arrest and place of detention. A week later, the Israeli army responded and confirmed that Abdeen is in their custody. However, his place of detention has not been disclosed, and he is denied from meeting a lawyer.
On July 28, 2025, Al Mezan and MENA Rights Group (MRG) submitted an urgent appeal to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (UN WGEID), urging them to intervene with the Israeli authorities to clarify Ashraf Abdeen’s fate and whereabouts.
They also requested that the UN Working Group address a communication to the GHF, and to the relevant U.S. authorities, in light of the mounting number of cases of enforced disappearances occurring at the aid distribution sites operated by the organisation.
*The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) is a U.S. and Israeli-backed organisation criticised by the UN and civil society organisations for operating military-controlled aid distribution sites where Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid have faced daily gun fires and mass casualties. Since the GHF started operating in May 2025 until July, over 700 Palestinians have been killed at the vicinity of GHF sites, and almost 4,000 have been injured.
