Israeli prisons

Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, captured and detained by the Israeli army in Gaza in December 2024 and still in detention appears via video conference for his Israeli Supreme Court hearing in Jerusalem, June 10, 2026. (Abeer Salman)

‘His only crime is that he is a Palestinian doctor’

Fourteen Gazan physicians remain in Israeli prisons without charge, where they say they have been singled out for particularly severe abuse.

By Shatha Yaish June 17, 2026

Journalist Samir Amin-Khuwaira of Nablus before and after spending nine months in administrative detention following a nighttime arrest at his home in April 2025. (Courtesy of the family)

The Palestinian journalists held in Israel’s ‘cemeteries for the living’

Held without charge in Israeli jails, West Bank reporters describe beatings, starvation, isolation, and threats meant to force them into silence.

By Basel Adra June 1, 2026

Illustration of an Israeli prison, January 21, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)

I represent a Palestinian woman in Israeli prison. Now I can’t reach her

Israel locked down its prisons at the start of the Iran war, barring almost all lawyer visits and leaving my client without a voice beyond her cell.

By Janan Abdu March 23, 2026

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Israel Prison Service officers prepare Palestinian prisoners for release as part of a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, at Ketziot Prison in southern Israel, February 26, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

‘I cannot help my clients’: The impossible task of representing Palestinian detainees

With Israel running its prisons as ‘torture facilities,’ lawyers point to the absence of state and judicial oversight allowing them to operate with impunity.

By Lee Mordechai and Liat Kozma January 27, 2026

Palestinian citizens of Israel hold a banner bearing the face of Walid Daqqa while taking part in the annual “March of Return” on Israel’s Independence Day, Al-Lajjun, northern Israel, April 26, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

After Israel-Hamas prisoner deal, ‘48 Palestinians ask when their turn will come

Trapped between Israel's refusal and an absence of leadership, Palestinian prisoners with Israeli citizenship remain ‘an open wound no one is tending.’

By Baker Zoubi December 8, 2025

A photo of Dr. Omar Ammar, held by his wife during a video call with the author. (Screenshot)

The Gazan doctors still languishing in Israeli prisons

While some were released in the ceasefire, Israel still holds 80 Palestinian medical workers without charge. Their families are demanding their freedom.

By Michal Feldon November 20, 2025

Israel Prison Service officers prepare Palestinian prisoners for release as part of a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, at Kteziot Prison, southern Israel, February 26, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

New data reveals 98 Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody since October 7

Post-mortems of the deceased and testimonies from former detainees suggest many died from torture, medical neglect, and food deprivation. According to a leaked Israeli intelligence database, dozens were civilians.

By Yuval Abraham November 17, 2025

Laila Al-Helu holds a photo of her and her brother Shawqi. (Ahmed Ahmed)

‘The war is over, so why haven’t they come back?’: The search for Gaza’s missing

Over 11,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have disappeared since Oct. 7. Relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, under rubble or in prison.

By Ahmed Alsammak and Ahmed Dremly November 10, 2025

Palestinian prisoners released as part of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas arrive in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 13, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

‘We expected to die’: Freed Gazan detainees recount Israeli torture

Though overjoyed by their release in the ceasefire, Palestinians — blinded, beaten, and starved in Israeli jails — struggled to absorb unimaginable loss.

By Ibtisam Mahdi October 17, 2025

Palestinian prisoners held at Israel's Ofer Prison near Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank, August 28, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

‘My hands are paralyzed from torture’: Gazans reveal horrors of Ofer Camp

Inmates at Israel's shadowy new facility face non-stop abuse — from deadly beatings and electric shocks, to constant handcuffing and skin diseases.

By Oren Ziv December 19, 2024

Palestinian photojournalist Mo’ath Amarnih upon his release from nine months of administrative detention in Israeli prison. (Courtesy)

In Israel’s prisons, skin diseases are a method of punishment

Prison authorities are allowing scabies to spread by restricting Palestinian inmates’ water supply and depriving them of clean clothes and medical care.

By Vera Sajrawi September 25, 2024

Israeli prison guards stand watch in front of a van with Palestinian convicts set to be released as part of a deal between Israel and Hamas, Ofer Prison, west of Ramallah, occupied West Bank, November 25, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

‘It would’ve been better if they shot us’: Palestinians recount prison abuse

Newly released inmates detail cases of humiliation, torture, rape threats, and a prisoner beaten to death by Israeli forces in the weeks since October 7.

By Imad Abu Hawash December 8, 2023

Palestinian Khader Adnan, receiving hospital treatment after concluding a 56-day hunger strike against his administrative detention in Israeli prison, East Jerusalem, July 16, 2015. (Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Activestills)

Palestinian prisoner faces ‘imminent death’ on 75th day of hunger strike

Despite Khader Adnan's deteriorating condition, Israel is refusing to transfer him to a hospital, or to let rights groups visit him.

By Baker Zoubi April 20, 2023