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Zuq was born in 2008 inside an Israeli prison after his mother Fatima al-Zuq was arrested a year earlier while pregnant. She had been leaving Gaza for medical treatment when she was detained by Israeli forces.
Fatima later discovered her pregnancy while in detention and gave birth behind bars. She raised Youssef for nearly two years in harsh prison conditions, facing medical neglect, poor nutrition, and lack of proper care for her newborn, according to past rights group reports.
The two were released in 2009 as part of a deal in which Israel freed 19 Palestinian women in exchange for a videotape proving Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was alive in Hamas custody. Shalit was later released in a larger 2011 prisoner exchange.