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LETTERS FROM GAZA

Diaries from Gaza: 'My whole body trembles when I read the testimonies'

As negotiations on phase two of the cease-fire move forward, Noor recounts the horror endured inside Israel's prisons and the shattering testimonies now emerging from Gaza's released detainees.

Diaries from Gaza: 'My whole body trembles when I read the testimonies'

Palestinians detained by Israel return to Gaza after their release in 2024. (Credit: AFP)

Noor al-Yacoubi is a 27-year-old translator and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing reflections on her life with L'Orient Today since the beginning of the war.They confirmed what we feared. Last week, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) released a group of horrific testimonies from recently released Palestinian prisoners from Gaza — men and women who were arrested during the genocide and held in Israeli jails and military detention camps.These arrests were carried out without any legal basis. They were part of a deliberate, systematic policy — a campaign not of justice, but of collective punishment. One aimed at humiliating Gazans, breaking our spirits and destroying us mentally, physically and psychologically. Noor's last entry Diaries from Gaza: If this...
Noor al-Yacoubi is a 27-year-old translator and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing reflections on her life with L'Orient Today since the beginning of the war.They confirmed what we feared. Last week, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) released a group of horrific testimonies from recently released Palestinian prisoners from Gaza — men and women who were arrested during the genocide and held in Israeli jails and military detention camps.These arrests were carried out without any legal basis. They were part of a deliberate, systematic policy — a campaign not of justice, but of collective punishment. One aimed at humiliating Gazans, breaking our spirits and destroying us mentally, physically and psychologically. Noor's last entry Diaries from Gaza: If...
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