Palestinian writer has fingers smashed in Gaza beating
by Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem and Hazem Balousha in G from World news | The Guardian on (#4BP6H)
Publisher says Atef Abu Saif, also a spokesperson for Fatah, almost killed by masked men
A UK publisher has condemned an attack by masked men in Gaza on a Palestinian writer and political figure, Atef Abu Saif, accusing the assailants of deliberately breaking his fingers.
Comma Press, a not-for-profit publisher that worked with Abu Saif, said that the beating on Monday night had almost killed him.
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