Palestinian journalist recounts Israeli food rations after losing 130 pounds in jail

Ali Samoudi, a Palestinian journalist, was released last week after one year of Israeli administrative detention without charge and recounted severe malnutrition during his imprisonment, stating he lost 130 pounds and was never questioned about Israeli allegations linking him to Islamic Jihad. Samoudi's case highlights the practice of administrative detention—imprisonment without trial or formal charges—which Israeli and Palestinian human-rights organizations have documented as affecting hundreds of Palestinians in the West Bank and Israel.

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