Tag Archives: Prisoners

Palestinian prisoner Maher Sa’sa, a 45-year-old from Qalqilya, died on Wednesday in an Israeli jail, with no known reason so far. There are no clear details yet about the reason for his death, but the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said they would seek information to know the cause of death. Prisoner …

In 2020, Israel detained 4636 Palestinians, including 543 minors under the age of 18, and 128 women, while it issued 1114 administrative detention orders, according to four Palestinian prisoners’ advocacy groups. The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission, the Palestinian Prisoner Society, Addameer for Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights, and Wadi Hilweh Information Center, said in their joint report on the situation …

Israeli prison forces on Wednesday evening stormed and ransacked cells of Palestinian prisoners in Eshel jail. According to informed sources, forces from the Yamaz and Dror units stormed section 10 of the prison and broke into its rooms in order to look for cellphones. Soon later, this section of the jail was closed on allegations of finding cellphones during the …

A 16-year-old Palestinian minor told his lawyer that he was severely beaten when detained by Israeli occupation soldiers last week and that he suffered a broken jaw and teeth, as well as bruises and cuts all over his body. Mamoun al-Hashem, an attorney with the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, said that Mohammad Moqbel, from Arroub refugee camp, north …

Palestinian freedom fighter Mohammad Daoud completed today 33 years in Israeli occupation’s prisons out of a life sentence, said the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). Daoud, 59, from the northern West Bank city of Qalqilya, was arrested on December 8, 1987. He is considered one of the 26 prisoners held since before the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993, the …

A minor, brothers were among 21 Palestinians Israel has detained in late night and early morning raids in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). It said a 17-year-old minor and another 19-year-old were among three Palestinians the army has detained during a raid of two Qalqilya-district villages in the north of the West Bank. In …

Israeli forces Thursday overnight detained 11 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, according to the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS). It confirmed in a press release that Israeli forces rounded up three Palestinians from the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem. Two of the three detainees were identified as residents of Dheisha refugee camp, south of the city, and …

The Prisoners and Ex-prisoners Affairs Authority has warned on Friday of the seriousness of the health condition of three prisoners suffering from cancer. Qadri Abu Bakr, the head of the authority, held the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for the life of the prisoners, Nidal Abu Aahour, Imad Abu Ramz, and Omar Orabi, as their health condition is exacerbated by …

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs said that the Israeli prison service transferred cancer-stricken prisoner Muwafaq Arouk, 77, from Barzilai Hospital to the Ramla prison infirmary with no regard for his serious health condition. According to the Commission on Wednesday, prisoner Arouk was transferred to the Ramla jail two weeks after he was taken to Barzilai Hospital where …