‘Israeli Prisons Became a Graveyard for Us’: Freed Palestinian Child Prisoner Speaks Out

I have no more words left, only anger. Hugs. Scottie

30 Palestinian child detainees were released on Tuesday morning, as part of the prisoner exchange deal between the Palestinian Resistance and the Israeli government.

Mohammed Nazzal, from the city of Qabatiya, was one of them. Soon after his release, he was moved to the emergency room of the Ibn Sina Hospital in the city of Jenin.

Mohammed was severely injured in both his hands due to the beating by Israeli soldiers in the Negev prison, one week ago. The hand fractures were deliberately neglected by the Israeli Prison Service, which led to complications in the child’s right hand.

“One week ago, we were savagely beaten with metal bars. I put my hands on my head to protect it from injury, but the soldiers did not stop until they broke my hands,” Mohammed added.

They waited for the journalists to leave, then the police call and told the family they would be arrested again if their interview aired. The family called the report in panic. Tells me two things, they are watching the families and they do not want the truth out in the world. Like all abusers, they want it to be their dirty little secret between them and the abused. Hugs. Scottie

Freed Palestinians spoke about the grave conditions they faced while in prison. More Palestinians are expected to be released as part of the truce agreement between Israel and Hamas. But there are concerns among who have already been freed about the never ending intimidation and threats of being arrested again.

Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel Hamid sat-down with three recently freed Palestinian prisoners in the Occupied West Bank.