(27 Feb 2025)
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Khan Younis – 27 Feb 2025
1. Various of Red Cross vehicles with buses carrying Palestinian teenagers and women prisoners arriving, teenagers greeting their relatives from bus window
2. Family waiting their sons
3. Various of teenagers prisoners leaving bus
4. Various of families greeting their sons
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nidaa Sahloul, mother of released teenage prisoner:
"Of course, I was happy when I saw Mohammad, an unusual feeling, a feeling that I hope everyone experiences, tears of joy, even though I did not recognize Mohammad. Mohammad has changed a lot. They took him with more muscles and weight, and I was surprised today that Mohammad is not like before. "
6. Nidaa hugging her son
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammad Abu Sahloul, released teenage prisoner:
"Bad things happened to me, not just me. Every young man who was arrested, ask him about the situation, he will tell you. No one can describe what happened to him. I was in a nightmare, I was in hell, and finally I got out of the hell that I was in."
8. Various of Ahmad the released prisoner hugging his sisters
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammad Abu Sahloul, Released teenage prisoner:
"I was happy that they (handcuffs) were removed from my hands. I could not believe it when they removed them from my hands and my feet. I swear I could not believe that they were removed from my hands. 24 hours. You sleep with your hands and feet tied."
10. Various of families hugging their released sons
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Zenat Al-Samoni, mother of released teenage prisoner:
"Thank God. I am happy with all my heart that I saw my son. He has changed a lot. I did not recognize him until I got close to him, but I have not hugged him yet. I want to hug him. I want him, more important than anything. I also hope that my second son will release. May God bless him."
12. Various of Al-Samoni waiting for her son
13. Various of Al-Samoni meeting her son, hugging him and crying
14. Various of released teenage prisoner kissing his father’s feet and hugging him
15. Various of families hugging their released sons and crying
16. Woman hugging her released sister
16. Released woman leaving with her family
STORYLINE:
Palestinian teenagers detained by Israel and released back to Gaza recounted being mistreated in Israeli detention upon arriving home Thursday.
Many appeared gaunt, but smiling, as they waved to relatives from the buses ferrying them from Israeli detention back to Gaza.
One detainee, Mohammad Abu Sahloul said he was kept constantly bound in detention: “I swear I could not believe that they were removed from my hands. 24 hours. You sleep with your hands and feet tied,” he said.
Sahloul was one of dozens of Palestinian teenagers aged 15-19 and women who were released back to Gaza Thursday. Their scheduled release last weekend was put on hold by Israel, throwing their relatives in Gaza into anguish as they awaited their loved ones. Israel said it held back the release to protest what it said were grotesque ceremonies put on by Hamas for hostage releases.
Rights groups say that Israel has badly mistreated Palestinians in military detention after pulling them in during large-scale arrest raids in Gaza. They allege that detainees have been tortured, beaten frequently, deprived of adequate and food and water, and held blindfolded and handcuffed.
Nidaa Sahloul, Sahloul’s mother, said she was crying “tears of joy,” upon seeing her son, even though he was unrecognizable.
“They took him with more muscles and weight,” she said. “Mohammad has changed a lot.”
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