Abu Sissy Cries Because He Can’t Watch Cable TV
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – A Palestinian human rights group released new details Monday about a Gazan man who vanished on a Ukrainian train and resurfaced in an Israeli prison, saying that he was dragged out of his sleeper car, hooded and handcuffed by Israeli agents, forced onto a plane and taken to Israel.
It was the most detailed account of how Dirar Abu Sisi, a top engineer at Gaza’s power plant, made his way to Israel after disappearing Feb. 19 en route from Kharkov to Kiev. Israeli authorities have said little about the case because of a gag order.
The Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights said it was permitted to send a lawyer to visit Abu Sisi on Sunday. It said the 42-year-old father of six described a harrowing ordeal.