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Sahar Francis. (Courtesy)

PODCAST: What happens to Palestinians in Israeli prisons?

Sahar Francis has spent decades defending Palestinian detainees. She explains why Israel’s torture and abuse since October 7 is unlike anything she has seen.

By +972 Magazine August 28, 2026

Palestinian bodies in a shipping container, near the Karem Abu Salem/Kerem Shalom Crossing in Gaza, January 20, 2024. (Courtesy of Ariel, a UN worker)

Calculated chaos: Inside Israel’s transfer of Palestinian bodies to Gaza

Humanitarian workers describe a haphazard and deliberately opaque system for returning dead and living Gazans during the first months of the genocide — one that helps explain why thousands are still missing.

By Frances Brogan July 15, 2026

An Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party conference in the southern city of Netivot, Feburary 16, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Israel’s death penalty drive enters next stage with Oct. 7 military tribunal

Lawmakers voted 93-0 to create a special court to try accused Palestinian perpetrators, designed to subvert due process and lead to mass executions.

By Sari Bashi May 21, 2026

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PODCAST: The disappeared of Gaza

In his new investigation, Gazan journalist Mahmoud Mushtaha traces how thousands disappeared — and what that means for their families.

By +972 Magazine April 16, 2026

A public execution in Fayyam Square, Shiraz, November 21, 2018. (Students' News Agency)

What Israelis can learn from the nightmares of an Iranian hangman

As Israel embraces the death penalty, government ministers can look to what they call the ‘Iranian terror regime’ for inspiration — and caution.

By Orly Noy April 9, 2026

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir during the vote to pass the death penalty law in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, March 30, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

‘They already shoot us for no reason. Now they have a death penalty’

Under Israel's new law, only Palestinians will face capital punishment. Up next is a tribunal to execute those convicted of participating in the Oct. 7 attacks.

By Jared Hillel March 31, 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

Israeli soldiers accused of abusing a Palestinian detainee at the Sde Teiman detention center and their attorneys speak to the press following the resignation of Military Advocate General Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, after video footage from the incident was leaked to the press, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, November 2, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

From Sde Teiman, the truth about Israel’s military justice system has been set free

By dropping all charges against the soldiers filmed abusing a Palestinian detainee, Israel has abandoned the whole masquerade of accountability.

By Michael Sfard March 21, 2026

Freed Palestinian prisoners exiled to Egypt stand in front of the Arab League Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, December 2025. From left to right: Raed Abdul Jalil, Rami Nour, Kamil Abu Hanish, Ammar Al-Zaben. (Courtesy)

Released into exile, Palestinian prisoners navigate freedom on Israel’s terms

Over 150 men who spent decades behind bars were deported to Egypt in the Gaza ceasefire deal, where they face a reality of ‘permanent alienation.’

By Shimaa Elyoussef February 9, 2026

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