Released under a prisoner-hostage exchange between Israel and Hamas, former Palestinian detainees have described beatings, deprivation and a radical deterioration in conditions in Israeli jails following Hamas’s bloody October 7 attacks, AFP reports.

One of those prisoners, 23-year-old activist Rouba Assi, told reporters after her release last week that Israeli prison authorities “took everything away” from Palestinian detainees.

Since October 7, they had been subject to a “state of emergency” announced by prison officials.

For detained Palestinians, there would be no more leaving their cell — and therefore no more visits — no more buying food from the canteen, no more power in their electrical outlets, and more frequent surprise searches, authorities said in a statement.

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