Afrasianet - Freed Palestinian prisoners spoke of their bitter experiences in Israeli prisons, where they faced repression and psychological torture until the last moments before their release.

The prisoners recounted stories of the depth of the pain they endure, not only because of the imprisonment, but also because of the general situation in Palestine and Gaza, where grief for the dead and wounded remains present in their souls every moment.

•    Prisoner Rasha Hijjawi from Tulkarem spoke about the Israeli forces' assault on the prisoners before their release,

saying: "We are very sad for the martyrs and for the situation in Palestine and Gaza. The situation in the prisons is very bad, we were suppressed before the exit, which was very difficult. We were handcuffed, dragged and blindfolded, we were thrown to the ground.. they got us off the bus and the situation and the treatment were very bad, shortly before we reached the Red Cross, we were unchained."

•    The liberated prisoner, Baraa Fuqaha, from Tulkarem, said: "Our feelings go to our people in Gaza, our concern in prison despite the torment and abuse is to stop the war on Gaza, our message and our thanks to them. They preferred us for what we forget for the Day of Judgment."

•    Prisoner Hanan Maalwani, noted that a lawyer spoke to us but "we weren't sure we would be released, they snubbed us until the last moment. They gave me food because we won't be released. They took out girls and left others in the rooms. They overcame us until the last moments of the search to the repression."

She added: "We have mercy on the souls of the martyrs and heal the wounded, our joy is lacking, whether for the people of Gaza, the martyrs or the prisoners who remained in prisons. 3 prisoners from Gaza. We thank them for this achievement they have done for us."

•    Freed Jerusalemite prisoner Rose Khweis said that when she entered the prison she did not know "what the prison was, the interrogation, the shape of the cell, I did not expect it to be so bad."

She spoke of suffering from several health ailments, and the lack of adequate food or treatment, describing the prison as "a grave but a litter."

She revealed that the prisoners were subjected to repression using "weapons and dogs, naked searches, harassment."