Mohammed Nazal (18) does not know why he was imprisoned, or why he was held for six months. In November, the teenager became one of 200 Palestinians released from Israeli prison during the ceasefire at the end of November. Most were children and young people, like him. At the same time, Hamas released over 100 hostages in the Gaza Strip. Both family and friends visit Mohammed in the hospital in Jenin. A friend holds up a cup so that he can drink some juice. He has to have help for most things now, with both arms in plaster. Mohammed was greeted by his morning after his release from Israeli prison on 28 November. Photo: Abaca The Palestinians were welcomed as heroes when they arrived by bus to Ramallah in the West Bank. On 28 November it was Mohammed’s turn. But the joy of being released comes with an aftertaste for the 18-year-old. – I still have a bandage and I can’t use my arms for anything, he says from the hospital bed to news. Not allowed to leave the cell after the Hamas attack After the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October, the prison authorities announced a state of emergency. For the Palestinian prisoners, this meant that they no longer had the opportunity to leave their cells or visit the prison. The opportunity to buy food in the canteen was revoked, the electricity went out and there were more frequent unannounced searches. Mohammed says both of his hands were broken eight days before he was released. – They came and shouted for us in the microphone. Then they started beating us. I tried to get him away from me, but he hit me even more. He still has marks from what he says are blows to his back. The prison authorities tell news that Mohammed was examined by a doctor before he was released. They have sent news a video showing that he did not have a bandage on when he got into the bus from the Red Cross that transported him and the other prisoners out of the prison. The prison authorities believe Mohammed is lying. Mohammed says it was the Red Cross that gave him treatment. Because when the buses with the freed prisoners arrived in Ramallah and Mohammed met his family again, both hands were bandaged. – The tip of the iceberg Palestinian children are the only ones in the world who are systematically prosecuted in military courts, according to a report from Save the Children published this summer. In the report, 86 percent of 228 children who have been in Israeli captivity stated that they have been beaten. Several were not given the reason why they were arrested, and over 40 percent were injured during the arrest, according to the report. Mohammed Nazal (18) says he was beaten and mistreated in an Israeli prison. Photo: Håvard Greger Hagen / news The human rights organization Amnesty also believes that Palestinian inmates in Israeli prisons have been subjected to violence, humiliation and even torture. They believe that this has become worse since Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October. Israeli judicial authorities tell news that they are not aware of any of this, and that all the prisoners are imprisoned legally. But Amnesty believes they have documentation. Adviser Budour Hassan at Amnesty International in the West Bank. Photo: Eirik Pessl-Kleiven / Eirik Pessl-Kleiven/news – Unfortunately, we have an overwhelming amount of evidence that we have collected. And I know it only scratches the surface of what is actually happening, especially that was the case for the inmates who were released in the last prisoner exchange, says Budour Hassan, adviser at Amnesty International in the West Bank. Back at the hospital bed, Mohammed Nazal says he may have to have surgery. – The doctors don’t quite know what to do with the fractures yet, he says.
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