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Hana's one of nine children in a Burqin village farming family near Jenin. On September 29, 2005, Israeli soldiers killed her brother Samer and a close friend. He'd been imprisoned and released 90 days earlier after spending nine months in prison.
Earlier, Hana was arrested on September 14, 2009. At 1:30AM, soldiers stormed her home, ordered everyone outside, and demanded she surrender her ID card. They then searched and ransacked her home. It's standard abusive Israeli practice.
While there, Samer's picture was removed from a frame and destroyed. Soldiers stomped on it while cursing family members. When Hana's father Yahya intervened and tried protecting her, soldiers stuck him violently. Hana's mother fainted. Family members were terrorized.
Hana was painfully shackled, blindfolded, taken to Salem Detention Center, then transferred to Kishon Detention Center for interrogation.
Held in solitary confinement for eight days, her tiny cell had no windows or natural light. It contained a dirty mattress and toilet. Daily she endured exhausting interrogations, physical violence, and sexual harassment from 10AM until late evening.
In confinement, she lost all track of time as do others there. At times, she was tied to her bed frame for added pain and humiliation. Guards, in fact, photographed her in that position.
In protest, she hunger struck during the eight-day period. She confessed to nothing because then and now she's innocent.
Israel obtains many torture extracted confessions. Innocent Palestinians yield to stop pain. They're judged guilty by accusation or by virtue of being arrested. Fraudulent evidence is used to convict. Thousands are wrongly abused. Israeli justice assures none.
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