Palestinian Detainee Tortured Till Blind | Freed Detainee's Recount Life Inside Israeli Prisons

When nearly 2,000 Palestinian detainees were released from Israeli prisons under a U.S. brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Gaza expected homecomings. What arrived instead were ghosts of survival. Men emaciated, blind, and broken by months or years of systematic torture.

In this episode of Outside the Bubble, we go beyond headlines into the unspoken war fought inside Israeli detention centres. Through the voices of freed Palestinians, including Mahmoud Abu Foul, who was beaten blind and journalist Shadi Abu Sido who was lied to for months about his family’s death. We uncover the machinery of silence that has defined Israel’s prison system for decades.

We explore testimony from the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and the chilling accounts of detainees who say the abuse continued even after the ceasefire. This is not one man’s story. It’s a map of systemic torture, psychological warfare, and the erasure of due process.

As Gaza struggles under blockade and the world debates the meaning of “ceasefire,” these stories force us to ask: what does freedom mean when the walls follow you home?

This episode examines the intersection of occupation, imprisonment, and international accountability in Palestine.