‘We were in a slaughterhouse, not a prison’

‘We were in a slaughterhouse, not a prison. Unfortunately, we were in a slaughterhouse called ‘Ofer Prison’. Many young people are still imprisoned there.’
This is what Abdullah Abu Rafe, a man who was released from an Israeli prison yesterday, Monday (October 13), said.
He added, ‘The conditions in Israeli prisons are very terrible. There are no mattresses, they took the mattresses that were there. The food is also deplorable. Everything is very difficult there.’
About the feeling of being released, Rafe said, ‘It is an extraordinary feeling.’
Yassin Abu Amara, another released Palestinian, described the conditions in Israeli prisons as ‘very, very bad.’
He said, ‘The food, the torture, the beatings—everything was terrible. There was no food or water. I didn’t eat anything for four days straight. Here I was given two sweets, I ate them.’
Another prisoner, Saeed Shubair, who was released last Monday, said he could not express his feelings in words.
In his words, ‘This feeling is indescribable. It is an indescribable feeling to see the sun without being a prisoner. My hands are free now. Freedom has no price – it is priceless.’ According to the report, last Monday Israel released about 250 Palestinians who were serving life and long prison sentences. In addition, about 1,718 people detained during the Gaza war were released. The United Nations has listed them as ‘enforced disappearances.’

Source: Al Jazeera