GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Nahru al-Haddad did not expect to be arrested for political reasons in January. The Fatah leader in the Gaza Strip told Al-Monitor how Gaza's internal security apparatus subjected him and other Fatah leaders to insulting treatment during their detention. Almost two months after this incident, shock is still written all over his face as a result of the poor treatment.
Haddad, 58, a Fatah secretary in eastern Gaza City, told Al-Monitor, “I have been summoned by the security apparatus dozens of times since its establishment during the days of former Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh in mid-2007, which is when Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip. I was summoned because of my affiliation with Fatah and the movement’s activities in Gaza, but I was never held for more than a few hours.
