'I thought I might die': A Palestinian mother's account of Israeli detention

'I thought I might die': A Palestinian mother's account of Israeli detention Each night, Saeda al-Shrafi feels as though she is back in the cell: boots in the corridor, a headcount barked in the dark, the cold of Damon prison seeping into her bones. Even now in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian mother says she cannot leave that world behind. Detained during the mass displacement from northern Gaza in late 2023, Shrafi was among hundreds stopped at Israeli military checkpoints as civilians were ordered south.