Seven refugees from Sudan reach Negev on foot

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Ketziot Prison, one of the largest IDF detention centers for Palestinian security prisoners located along the Egyptian border, has recently received seven unexpected visitors.

The prison, which has some 1,500 Palestinian detainees locked up, is currently holding seven Sudanese nationals who illegally crossed the border with Egypt into Israel after walking by foot from their villages in the country's war-torn Darfur region.

Five of the prisoners arrived in Israel close to two months ago, and another two were brought to the jail last week. The seven say they fled their homes fearing for their lives after civil war and a humanitarian crisis struck their homeland.
"We ran away since we were afraid we would get killed," said Aaron, one of the prisoners.

Aaron, in his late twenties, said that his sister and two of his brothers were gunned down by terrorists shortly before his village was demolished. Together with four of his friends, he set out in search of a place of sanctuary, eventually arriving in Israel.

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