To be a Palestinian child, trying to survive Israeli jail

From beatings, to illness and hunger, freed Palestinian children say abuse rampant in Israeli jails after October 7.

For 10 long months, 16-year-old Hussein* lived in the same clothes he was wearing when he was detained on October 3.

His trousers were still bloodstained when he was released.

On October 3, he was shot in the right thigh by Israeli forces in a watchtower near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.

Hussein fell to the ground and saw two Israeli soldiers walking towards him. They beat him, kicking him in the head until he lost consciousness.

He woke up three days later in a hospital, only to realise he had undergone surgery and was about to be taken to Ofer Prison.