🇵🇸 Israa Jaabis, a Palestinian woman who suffered severe burns and was charged with attempted murder after her car exploded near an Israeli checkpoint in 2015, has been welcomed home by her family.

Speaking to media after her release late on Saturday night, Jaabis said: “My wounds are visible and my struggles, I don’t need to talk about.”

She described the emotions of yearning to be with family as the price prisoners pay.

She also expressed concerns about other Palestinians she had been imprisoned with who were not released, including young girls who she said cried when she was released “because they’ve been subjected to a lot of things”.

“I’m talking about the small girls. They’ve been through things that nobody should witness,” #IsraaJaabis told journalists.

Source : Al Jazeera
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26/11/2023

🇵🇸 Freed Palestinian captive Shorouk Dwayyat welcomed by family

Freed Palestinian prisoner #ShoroukDwayyat was welcomed by her family with tears of joy after she was released on the second day of a prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel.

Shorouk was 16 when she was arrested and sentenced to 16 years in an Israeli prison back in 2015.

Shorouq held the longest sentence among the female prisoners, having been sentenced 16 years in prison when she was only 16 years old. She was imprisoned for nine years.

Sources : @PalestineResist Middle East Eye
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26/11/2023