‘Threatened with rape’: Journalist recalls horrors while in Israeli jails
Lama Khater had just been released from prison at the end of November, part of the sixth batch of Palestinian prisoners Israel released in exchange for Israeli captives released from Gaza by Hamas, Al Jazeera reports.
The writer and journalist, who has covered crimes and violations committed by the Israeli occupation, had been in prison for about a month, an exceptionally painful one, it seemed.
She was one of hundreds of Palestinians who had been arrested after the October 7 attacks on Israel by Hamas and the ensuing Israeli assault on Gaza that has killed more than 23,000 Palestinians there to date.
After Israeli forces stormed her home in Hebron and arrested her, she was shuttled from one detention centre to the other, unsure of what she was charged with or what would happen to her next.
Read more about her story here.