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“They came in with their dogs,” said Palestinian Mohammed Nazzal. “They unleashed the dogs on us and then beat us.”

According to him, Hamas’ brutal attack on Israeli civilians has changed the behavior of guards in Israeli prisons. The violence increased, as the teenager describes his time in Israeli prison. He was kicked and beaten with sticks.

Now the 18-year-old was allowed to return home as part of the deal between Israel and Hamas: Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Mohammed was among those Israel released this week in exchange for Israeli women and children.

BBC reporter Lucy Williamson meets him at his home near Jenin, in the north of the occupied West Bank. While enjoying coffee and cigarettes, Mohammed accuses Israel of violence against Palestinian prisoners.

Hands of Palestinians broken – Israel denies everything

“I was trying to protect my head and they were trying to break my legs and hands,” he said, according to Williamson’s report. The family then showed medical reports and X-rays from Palestinian doctors in Ramallah who examined Mohammed after his release. BBC presented these two British doctors, they confirmed: there were fractures in both hands.

In the beginning he was in a lot of pain, he says. “After a while I knew they were broken, so I stopped using them. I only used it when I went to the toilet.” Williamson describes that when she visited, Mohammed’s hands were so heavily bandaged that he looked like a boxer. The images of the teenager are also going viral on social media.

Only after his release did he receive medical treatment. On the Red Cross bus. A medical report from a hospital in Ramallah on the day he returned home stated: A plate may need to be inserted if his fractures do not heal on their own.

When the BBC asked the Red Cross if they confirmed Mohammed’s story, they said:

While in Israeli custody, the Palestinian was afraid to seek medical attention for his hands – for fear of further abuse. Other prisoners helped him with food and drink. And also when going to the toilet, as he says.

However, the Israeli Penitentiary Authority disputes Mohammed’s story.

Video aims to refute the story of Mohammed

According to the BBC, she explains that Mohammed was examined by a doctor before his release. He found no medical problem. A video also aims to prove that the 18-year-old’s hands were fine when he was released.

The images released by prison authorities reportedly show the Palestinian leaving the prison with two perfectly healthy arms and boarding a Red Cross bus. A heated debate then broke out. For example, users write that most of his hands are not visible in the video. And when they do, they hang limply next to his hips.

“They took our mattresses, our clothes, our pillows and threw our food on the floor. “People were very scared,” Mohammed continues. He shows the BBC reporter bruises on his back and shoulder, which he says are the result of the blows.

But he was also afraid of the dogs, which he said were unleashed on the prisoners.

“The dog that attacked me had a snout with very sharp edges – its mouth and claws left marks all over my body,” he says.

Mohammed has changed, his brother tells the BBC reporter. The courageous teenager he once was did not return from prison. “Now his heart is broken and filled with fear.”

The BBC spoke to five other people Israel has released from prison. They all make the same accusation against Israel: that they were beaten shortly after the Hamas attack. But the Israeli authorities do not confirm this.

Israel rejects serious accusations

Israel claims that all its prisoners were held in accordance with the law and that the prisons were subject to all fundamental rights required by law.

“We are not aware of the allegations you describe.” said the statement from the Israeli Penitentiary Service in response to a question from the BBC. “However, prisoners and detainees have the right to file a complaint, which will be fully investigated by official authorities.”