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"🇵🇸 “I just want to know what I look like.” After more than two years in Israeli detention, the first photo of Palestinian journalist Mohammed Arab emerged on Monday. Israeli forces seized Arab from Gaza’s Al-Shifa Medical Complex on March 18, 2024. “They are calling on us using the quadcopters. Pray for me, and take care of the children,” Arab told his wife Wafaa Abu Al-Laban in their final conversation. “Mohammed’s health is very, very poor,” she told Drop Site’s Abdel Qader Sabbah. Arab was subjected to severe abuse at Sde Teiman and forced to remain on his knees for prolonged periods, causing a slipped disc and serious back problems. His eyesight also deteriorated after his glasses were taken away, his lawyer said. After more than two years in detention, Arab told his lawyer that seeing his own face had become a dream. “I just want to know what I look like,” he said. A petition had to be filed to obtain underwear and a mirror for him. When Abu Al-Laban finally received a photograph of her husband, she barely recognized him. “I saw someone else, someone far older than his age. Mohammed looked crushed and exhausted.” Arab is one of around 40 Palestinian journalists currently detained by Israel, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society, and is being held without charge or trial like many other journalists. 🎥 Abdel Qader Sabbah" - Source

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