The 24-year-old is one of around 90 Palestinians released in exchange for three Israeli hostages. Jarabaa was arrested due to a post on social media, where she called Israel's warfare in Gaza "brutal".
Thank God I'm out. They treated me very badly in prison. It was terrible, she says to The Guardian.
Osama Shadeh, whose 17-year-old daughter Aseel was also released from prison, has difficulty describing his feelings.
My daughter was arrested on November 7, 2023, when she protested against the killing of Palestinian children in Gaza. She waved a Palestinian flag. Israeli soldiers shot her in the foot and put handcuffs on her, says the father.
The fact that she is being released now means that Israel knew that my daughter did nothing wrong. Yet, they kept a minor in prison for over a year.
Politician released
Information about the released prisoners' gender and age varies in different media, but the majority of them are said to be women or minors. They were imprisoned accused of crimes against Israel's security, some for stone-throwing or social media posts, others for serious crimes such as attempted murder.
The most prominent Palestinian released is politician Khalida Jarrar, engaged in PFLP, which is considered a terrorist organization by Israel, the US, and the EU. Israel has previously stated that Jarrar was not involved in the organization's military branch. Since the end of 2023, the 62-year-old has been imprisoned in "administrative detention", a criticized Israeli practice against Palestinians.
We live with double feelings: on the one hand, the feeling of freedom that we thank everyone for, on the other hand, the pain of losing so many Palestinian martyrs, she says to AP after her release.
Tear gas
Israel has repeatedly been accused of torturing Palestinian so-called "security prisoners", including in a UN report in July. Several of the released prisoners testify in various media that they went through "hell" and were "treated like animals" in prison.
They could come into the cell without warning and spray tear gas on us, says former prisoner Abdelaziz Atawneh Atawneh to Reuters.
The Palestinian journalist Rula Hassanein, imprisoned for posts about Gaza on social media, is said to have been in poor condition when she was released on Monday night. In pictures from Ramallah, her daughter Elia, who was nine months old when her mother was arrested, is seen waiting in the crowd wearing a fur coat with ears.
My sister was subjected to medical neglect in prison, says the journalist's sister to Qatar-based Al Jazeera.
In the occupied territory, Israel still uses military laws with roots in Britain's harsh rule in the 1930s and 1940s. They allow soldiers to arrest Palestinians who behave rebelliously and then put them in "administrative detention" – a measure that can be extended indefinitely.
Since Israel occupied the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in the Six-Day War in 1967, approximately one million Palestinians have been arrested at some point.
Some of the arrested are brought to trial, but then in military courts where the conviction rate is far over 90 percent.
Israel has been accused several times of using torture-like methods against Palestinian prisoners. In a UN report last summer, prisoners and detainees were reported to be subjected to electric shocks and mock drownings, forced to sleep deprivation, and having dogs set on them.
Source: Israeli human rights group Hamoked, Palestinian human rights center PCHR, Amnesty International, OHCHR
