Palestinian Prisoners
Frequent beatings, overcrowding, withholding of basic rations. Released Palestinians have described worsening abuses in Israeli prisons crammed with thousands detained since the war in Gaza began. Meet some of the freed prisoners who shared their experiences in this Associated Press report.
Palestinian boxer Muazzaz Abayat, 37, holds his 2-month-old son Mohammed and daughter Mira, 5, at home in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, days after his release from Israeli prison, frail, disoriented and with no initial memory of his family. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A Palestinian youth stands on a hill overlooking Israel's Ofer Prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Palestinian political activist Munthir Amira demonstrates how he was treated by Israeli guards during his imprisonment, outside of the gate to Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. He said that he seemed to have been detained over his Facebook posts against the Gaza war since he was interrogated about them. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Retired Arabic language professor Omar Assaf speaks on his mobile phone between two photos of himself: on the left, an undated photo before he was held by Israel under administrative detention at Ofer Prison, and at right, after his release, at his home in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Freed Palestinian prisoner Mohamed al-Salhi poses for a portrait at home, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. He saw harsher conditions in his Israeli-run prison in Jerusalem immediately after Oct. 7, 2023, while he was serving a 23-year sentence for forming an armed group. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Palestinian activist Munthir Amira, who was arrested and jailed by Israel in December, poses for a portrait inside of the Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Palestinian men are released from Israel's Ofer Prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A Palestinian man carrying his personal effects leaves Israel's Ofer Prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A Palestinian family stands outside of Israel's Ofer Prison, though they did not see their loved one being released. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)