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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Seham Tantesh in Gaza and William Christou in Jerusalem

‘Cruellest forms of torture’: freed Palestinians describe horrors of Israeli jail

Mohammed al-Asaliya.
Mohammed al-Asaliya, 22, was held at Nafha prison in the Negev desert. Photograph: Amjed Tantesh

Before releasing him, Israeli prison guards decided to give Naseem al-Radee a farewell gift. They bound his hands, placed him on the ground and beat him without mercy, saying goodbye the same way they had said hello: with their fists.

Radee’s first sight of Gaza in nearly two years was blurry; a boot to the eye left him with blurred vision two days later. Vision problems added to the laundry list of ailments he gained during his 22-month stay in an Israeli prison.

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