(Ynet News) Menachem Gantz - The Italian-based human rights organization EveryOne sent an urgent plea to the Egyptian government last Thursday claiming that 250 Eritrean refugees have been held captive and tortured for the past month by Hamas in northern Sinai. The group reported that the refugees encountered Hamas operatives who promised to smuggle them into Israel for a payment of $2,000. Instead, they were placed in a detention facility on the outskirts of Rafah in Egypt on the Gaza border, demanding their families in Eritrea pay a $10,000 ransom for their release. Eight of the refugees were reported killed, and four have gone missing - allegedly the subject of human organ harvesting and trafficking.
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