Liberated prisoner and Birzeit University student Ruba Assi has been abducted by the IOF several times for her student activism,

Liberated prisoner and Birzeit University student Ruba Assi has been abducted by the IOF several times for her student activism, having recently served 21 months until she was freed in March of last year until she was re-arrested after October 7th and placed under administrative detention without charge or trial. Today, she is freed from the zionist prisons again as a result of the resistance’s prisoner exchange deal. Today, Ruba declares, “We renew our faith in the Palestinian resistance in all places of their presence. This present freedom will extend to the complete freedom for Palestine and its people.“ She describes the 24/7 repression in the prisons and the constant steadfastness of the prisoners. “There is hope in the inevitability of victory, hope of freedom, not just for the prisoners, but for all Palestinian people and for all Palestinian lands.“ “All the sacrifices that passed by the bodies of the martyrs will not go to waste. The occupation will go to waste, and it deserves it.“ “We have complete faith in the inevitability of victory: today, tomorrow, or after it. We are all walking on this path, because we have faith in the resistance. We either live in dignity or die. It is better to die than live humiliated.“ “All the Palestinian people are just waiting for the signal from the resistance.“ Ruba reiterates what many liberated prisoners have been saying: prisoners are prevented from receiving news, or seeing their family or lawyers; the prison administration would lie to them before they were released. The prisoners would sleep without mattresses and were beaten daily. Yet, Ruba reiterates that the prisoners’ confrontation with the jailer is constant. “It is either us or them. Our life with them is impossible. We were not asking for just better prison conditions. We want freedom!“ Источник: RNN Prisoners