Mother of released Palestinian prisoner fails to identify her son in shocking scene

Social media users circulated touching footage of the moment a mother welcomed her son who was released from Israeli prisons, without being able to recognize him due to the great difference in his appearance and his weight loss.

Websites stated that the released prisoner's name is Hamza Al-Saifi.

A circulated video clip showed the moment he tried to hug his mother after his release, while the mother was surprised by the complete change in his features as a result of torture and ill-treatment, and she asked him, "Are you Hamza?"

After the young man insisted on hugging his mother, the mother began to cry, due to his poor condition in Israeli prisons.

Social media users circulated old photos of him, before his arrest, in full health, compared to the difficult condition he appeared in.

According to the Palestinian Prisoners Club, Al-Saifi, from the Deheishe refugee camp in the Bethlehem governorate (south), was released on Thursday after two years of administrative detention (without charge).