Then came the order "Step over there," and it was back to that airless holding room in the bowels of the international arrivals terminal.

In his words: "Eight Palestinian detainees were being held in a temporary holding room just inside the gate of the military compound.

"This is essentially a temporary holding room for cryogenic patients," said the director.

The other three men did not move as the guards shackled them and led them into the barred holding room to wait for the Patrol wagon.

The same man returned the woman back to her holding room in one of the bigger trucks.

Jeffrey's panic grew as he was taken to a holding room furnished with a plain table and spartan wooden chairs.

In a pre-operation holding room, Alicia, 17, awaited an abortion for which her parents were not asked permission.

We followed him through a door, down a sterile hallway where the temperature began dropping, and, finally, to the main holding room.

The tiny holding room in medical central was adequate for a situation like this, but not particularly comfortable.

Then the door to her holding room opened and she realized that she'd missed one possible scenario.