■ Palestinian prisoners’ institutions: 580 cases of arrests in the occupied West Bank during January 2025 alone

Briefing paper prepared by the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) and Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association.
February 10, 2025
Ramallah, Palestine - In January, Israeli occupation forces carried out approximately 580 arrests in the West Bank, with the highest number of arrests recorded in Jenin and its refugee camp, which have been under an unprecedented aggression for the past 21 days.
There were 17 cases of arrest among women overall in January, and 60 cases of arrest of children below 18 years of age. Meanwhile, hundreds of Palestinians have been detained during field interrogations.
It was announced (by occupation authorities) in January 2025 that four identified Palestinian political prisoners had been killed in the Israeli occupation’s custody. Two of them were from Gaza and had been martyred months prior to the occupation’s admittance.
By the start of the ceasefire on January 19, 2025, the number of cases of arrests in the West Bank since the start of the genocide, reached 14,500. This figure does not include the number of arrests from Gaza, which are estimated to be in the thousands.
*Figures include those who remain in the occupation’s custody and those who were later released.

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Occupation denies temporary release of Palestinian female detainee to mourn father's death
February 9, 2025

Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) and Commission of Detainees' Affairs

Ramallah, Palestine - The father of Palestinian female political prisoner Shaden Qous has unexpectedly passed away in a tragic accident. Shaden, a Jerusalemite, has been held behind bars for just over a month, since 6/1/2025. She was first detained at The Russian Compound detention center (al-Mascobiyeh) where she was interrogated before being transferred to the Damon central women’s prison. She has not yet been charged with any kind of offense under Israel’s oppressive military court system, which is run by occupation soldiers. Shaden is a student at Birzeit University and a professional dancer.

The Israeli occupation has historically never allowed a Palestinian detainee to be released temporarily on compassionate grounds to attend a family member’s funeral, as a matter of policy. Israel uses its power to rid Palestinian prisoners of bidding their loved ones farewell as a form of psychological and emotional torture. Since the genocide in Gaza, dozens of Palestinian detainees - particularly those from Gaza - lost their family members in Israel’s onslaught, and were forbidden from seeing them for the last time.

Palestinian political prisoners must be afforded the human right to mourn the loss of their loved ones with their families. The current conditions for Palestinian prisoners are the worst in history. Dozens of detainees are being killed behind bars, many in obscure circumstances involving severe torture and ill-treatment. The more time passes with thousands of Palestinians in the custody of the occupation, the greater the risk to their lives and fates.

Sick detainee Mohammad Ghanem suffers from systematic medical neglect in Israeli prisons

Detainee Omar Abu Libdah suffers from severe detention conditions in Megiddo prison

■ Update on the number of Palestinian political prisoners for the month of February 2025, noting that this data does not include all detainees from Gaza

■ More than 10,000 Palestinian political prisoners
■ Female prisoners: 15 women, including three identified female prisoners from Gaza.
■ Children: No less than 365 minors.
■ Administrative detainees (held without trial or charge): 3369 people
■ Detainees from Gaza classified by the occupation’s prison administration as “illegal combatants”: 1802 people.

Commission of Detainees’ Affairs & the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society

*58 Palestinian detainees martyred after Gaza genocide*

Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) & Commission of Detainees' Affairs

January 29, 2025

Ramallah, Palestine - With the martyrdom of the two Palestinian political prisoners, Mohammad Al-Asali and Ibrahim Ashour from Gaza, the total number of identified martyred detainees has risen to 58 people, including 37 martyrs from Gaza. There are dozens more unidentified martyred detainees from Gaza who are subject to enforced disappearances in Israel's custody and whom it refuses to provide information on.

The killing of Al-Asali and Ashour brings the total number of identified martyred Palestinian detainees since 1967, to 295 people. There are 67 martyred detainees whose bodies are being withheld, including 56 people since the start of the genocide.

Injured detainee Mutaz Masri suffers from deliberate medical neglect in Ofer prison

Commission of Detainees’ Affairs

The majority of detainees in Israeli prisons suffer from fatigue and weight loss

Some detainees fainted and didn’t receive medical examinations

Detainees held in Megiddo prison suffer from difficult detention conditions

Detainee Mahdi Abu Sharifa, 32, from Jalazon camp/Ramallah, suffers from scabies and deprived of medical treatment and clothes

Detainee Muhammad Abu Moamar, 33, from Ramallah, suffers from skin disease due to deprivation of clothes

Detainee Ayman Salameh, 31, from Nablus, suffers from degrading treatment, as he was subjected to intense beat and handcuffing during interrogation