*Arbitrary measures and vindictive sanctions practiced by the administration of Megiddo Prison against detainees* April 23, 2024
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*Arbitrary measures and vindictive sanctions practiced by the administration of Megiddo Prison against detainees*
April 23, 2024
The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs confirmed that the Israeli occupation state breached international laws and agreements in dealing with Palestinian detainees, especially the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions, which include obvious articles concerning detainees of a national liberation movements and the mechanisms of treating them in terms of their rights related to health and living conditions.
The Commission confirmed in a statement issued today that the series of vindictive and abusive measures practiced against detainees after October 7 are considered awful war crimes, and that the perpetrators should be held responsible. These crimes were based on the denial of the Palestinian detainee’s humanity and unleashed the occupation system to launch its brutality, which appeared on the bodies of liberated detainees, who got exhausted by starvation, beating, cold weather and deprivation.
In a related context, the commission pointed out, based on the advocate’s visit to Megiddo Prison, that detainees have talked about the difficulty of their daily life since launching the war on Gaza, as detention conditions became intolerable at all levels, for instance:
. All rooms are overcrowded, and each room has 6 beds and accommodates 14 detainees
. Deliberate medical neglect, and there are many detainees with chronic diseases who are not given medication.
. Detainees are only allowed to own the clothes they wear; they have to wash them and wait for them to dry.
. The food is bad in both quantity and quality, as they have nothing else to eat inside the room, and the amount of food given to the detainees in the rooms is distributed with a spoon
. Detainees complain of the severe cold in the prison, especially since the windows have been removed.
. Detainees are deprived of using books, paper, and pens, and any detainee who asks for paper and a pen is subjected to beating.
The commission call on the International Community and its human rights organizations to intervene immediately and break their silence to save Palestinian detainees and to ensure that this failure will not continue.
April 23, 2024
The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs confirmed that the Israeli occupation state breached international laws and agreements in dealing with Palestinian detainees, especially the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions, which include obvious articles concerning detainees of a national liberation movements and the mechanisms of treating them in terms of their rights related to health and living conditions.
The Commission confirmed in a statement issued today that the series of vindictive and abusive measures practiced against detainees after October 7 are considered awful war crimes, and that the perpetrators should be held responsible. These crimes were based on the denial of the Palestinian detainee’s humanity and unleashed the occupation system to launch its brutality, which appeared on the bodies of liberated detainees, who got exhausted by starvation, beating, cold weather and deprivation.
In a related context, the commission pointed out, based on the advocate’s visit to Megiddo Prison, that detainees have talked about the difficulty of their daily life since launching the war on Gaza, as detention conditions became intolerable at all levels, for instance:
. All rooms are overcrowded, and each room has 6 beds and accommodates 14 detainees
. Deliberate medical neglect, and there are many detainees with chronic diseases who are not given medication.
. Detainees are only allowed to own the clothes they wear; they have to wash them and wait for them to dry.
. The food is bad in both quantity and quality, as they have nothing else to eat inside the room, and the amount of food given to the detainees in the rooms is distributed with a spoon
. Detainees complain of the severe cold in the prison, especially since the windows have been removed.
. Detainees are deprived of using books, paper, and pens, and any detainee who asks for paper and a pen is subjected to beating.
The commission call on the International Community and its human rights organizations to intervene immediately and break their silence to save Palestinian detainees and to ensure that this failure will not continue.
The following sick detainees are held in the so- called clinic of Alramla prison
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The following sick detainees are held in the so- called clinic of Alramla prison
April 21, 2024
The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs revealed many cases of sick detainees held in the so called clinic of Alramla prison, and emphasized the nature of their disease, where they paid the price for the transformations happened after October 7, which changed their lives into complicated and cruel torture.
The commission stated that the following 14 detainees are currently held in the clinic of Alramla prison:
. Iyad Radwan,25, from Toulkarem he helps sick detainees
. Samer Abu Dyak from Jenin, he is not sick but serves the sick detainees there, he is sentenced to life imprisonment
. Muhammad Taqatqa from Bethlehem, has kidney failure, and sentenced to administrative detention
. Mustafa Naaneesh, under custody
. Fadi Haijawi from Jenin, injured in the right leg and moves hy wheelchair
. Ramzi Quwar from Bethlehem, has fractures in both legs, sentenced to administrative detention
. Khalil koka, Rafat Fanounah, Ashraf Murtaja, Anas Hamdan, Ibrahim Suliman, Yasin Mukhamar, Salah Salameh and Anas Khadhab from Gaza, all of them have injuries in different parts of their bodies, still under custody but not sentenced yet.
In this context, a visit was made to detainee Fadi Haijawi from Jenin, who was arrested near his house after getting injured in his both legs. He was transferred to Affolah hospital and had many surgeries, and then to Asaf Harufeh hospital to remove the old palatine from his legs and install new one. His health condition is stable and he moves by a walker.
Regarding the detainee Mustafa Naaneesh, he was arrested from Toulkarem hospital after getting injured in the abdomen and back. He was transferred to civil hospital and had a surgery in the abdomen, where they removed part of the intestines. Many fragments still remain on his back, and he suffers from sores. He still uses wheelchair, as he could not feel the lower part of his body. He was subjected to cruel investigation due to relations with wanted persons.
April 21, 2024
The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs revealed many cases of sick detainees held in the so called clinic of Alramla prison, and emphasized the nature of their disease, where they paid the price for the transformations happened after October 7, which changed their lives into complicated and cruel torture.
The commission stated that the following 14 detainees are currently held in the clinic of Alramla prison:
. Iyad Radwan,25, from Toulkarem he helps sick detainees
. Samer Abu Dyak from Jenin, he is not sick but serves the sick detainees there, he is sentenced to life imprisonment
. Muhammad Taqatqa from Bethlehem, has kidney failure, and sentenced to administrative detention
. Mustafa Naaneesh, under custody
. Fadi Haijawi from Jenin, injured in the right leg and moves hy wheelchair
. Ramzi Quwar from Bethlehem, has fractures in both legs, sentenced to administrative detention
. Khalil koka, Rafat Fanounah, Ashraf Murtaja, Anas Hamdan, Ibrahim Suliman, Yasin Mukhamar, Salah Salameh and Anas Khadhab from Gaza, all of them have injuries in different parts of their bodies, still under custody but not sentenced yet.
In this context, a visit was made to detainee Fadi Haijawi from Jenin, who was arrested near his house after getting injured in his both legs. He was transferred to Affolah hospital and had many surgeries, and then to Asaf Harufeh hospital to remove the old palatine from his legs and install new one. His health condition is stable and he moves by a walker.
Regarding the detainee Mustafa Naaneesh, he was arrested from Toulkarem hospital after getting injured in the abdomen and back. He was transferred to civil hospital and had a surgery in the abdomen, where they removed part of the intestines. Many fragments still remain on his back, and he suffers from sores. He still uses wheelchair, as he could not feel the lower part of his body. He was subjected to cruel investigation due to relations with wanted persons.
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The IPS pursues the isolation of detainee Qaderi since 32 months April 22, 2024
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The IPS pursues the isolation of detainee Qaderi since 32 months
April 22, 2024
The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs emphasized that the IPs pursued its crime against detainee Yaqoub Qaderi ,51, from Bir Albasha village/ Jenin, detained since 2003 and sentenced to life imprisonment, where he is still isolated since 32 months, precisely since he escaped with five of his colleagues from Jelboa prison and walked around cities of Palestine for several days.
The Commission illustrated that the retaliatory policy practiced against detainee Qaderi started since the first moment of arrest, but it was escalated with launching the retaliatory measures against all detainees on October 7. He got transferred several times between the cells of Ohelekdar, Ashkelon and Remonim prisons, where jailers intended to curse him and threaten him to be killed, and that he would get out of prison in a black plastic bag.
The Commission demonstrated that extending the isolation of Qaderi came according to a decision of a military court, as the session was held on April 7, issuing a decision to extend his isolation for additional 6 months, despite his suffering from several diseases in the thyroid, high cholesterol, hypertension, toothache, headache and continuous pain in the abdomen and hands and continuous fatigue. The IPS allowed the advocate to visit him for 15 minutes, after a long argument with the administration of the IPS.
Regarding the general situation in Remonim prison, Qaderi said “the conditions are very difficult and complicated as all prisons, where cells are inspected on a daily basis, hot water is available for 10 minutes, the electrical supply from 6:00 pm until dawn. We are deprived of clothes and covers, food is bad, going to the courtyard is only for one hour and all jailers are masked. Qaderi is isolated with detainees Ali Abu Baker and Qusai Maree”.
It is worth mentioning that the detainee Qaderi is one of the heroes who were able to escape from Jelboa prison, as they succeeded after a year of planning with his colleagues: Zakaria Zubaidi, Muhammad Arda and Mahmoud Arda, Ayham Kamamji and Monadel Enfaiat.
April 22, 2024
The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs emphasized that the IPs pursued its crime against detainee Yaqoub Qaderi ,51, from Bir Albasha village/ Jenin, detained since 2003 and sentenced to life imprisonment, where he is still isolated since 32 months, precisely since he escaped with five of his colleagues from Jelboa prison and walked around cities of Palestine for several days.
The Commission illustrated that the retaliatory policy practiced against detainee Qaderi started since the first moment of arrest, but it was escalated with launching the retaliatory measures against all detainees on October 7. He got transferred several times between the cells of Ohelekdar, Ashkelon and Remonim prisons, where jailers intended to curse him and threaten him to be killed, and that he would get out of prison in a black plastic bag.
The Commission demonstrated that extending the isolation of Qaderi came according to a decision of a military court, as the session was held on April 7, issuing a decision to extend his isolation for additional 6 months, despite his suffering from several diseases in the thyroid, high cholesterol, hypertension, toothache, headache and continuous pain in the abdomen and hands and continuous fatigue. The IPS allowed the advocate to visit him for 15 minutes, after a long argument with the administration of the IPS.
Regarding the general situation in Remonim prison, Qaderi said “the conditions are very difficult and complicated as all prisons, where cells are inspected on a daily basis, hot water is available for 10 minutes, the electrical supply from 6:00 pm until dawn. We are deprived of clothes and covers, food is bad, going to the courtyard is only for one hour and all jailers are masked. Qaderi is isolated with detainees Ali Abu Baker and Qusai Maree”.
It is worth mentioning that the detainee Qaderi is one of the heroes who were able to escape from Jelboa prison, as they succeeded after a year of planning with his colleagues: Zakaria Zubaidi, Muhammad Arda and Mahmoud Arda, Ayham Kamamji and Monadel Enfaiat.
*Fact sheet issued by Detainees’ Institutions on the occasion of “Palestinian Prisoner’s Day” coinciding April 17*
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*Fact sheet issued by Detainees’ Institutions on the occasion of “Palestinian Prisoner’s Day” coinciding April 17*
October 7 constituted a phase that imposed radical transformations on the conditions of detainees in Israeli prisons, regarding information related to this cause and at all levels in the light of the aggression against our people and detainees and the continuation of genocide in Gaza since more than 6 months respectively.
Throughout that phase, the occupation devises committed terrible crimes against detainees, which led to the martyrdom of 16 detainees due to systematic measures of torture, medical crimes, the policy of starvation and many other violations and assaults conducted against male and female detainees, minors and elderly detainees.
In addition to what has been announced on detainees who martyred, the cause of Gazan detainees came within the crime of forcible hide imposed by the occupation since the begging of war, as thousands of our people were subjected to detention during the ground invasion of Gaza. The occupation still refusing to give any information on detainees from Gaza who still under arrest on Israeli prisons and military camps.
There are many reports issued by the Israeli media, which revealed terrible information on the martyrdom of 27 detainees from Gaza, who died in the military camps, including Sadeh Timan camp.
Detainees’ Institutions documented tens of testimonies for detainees in prisons and liberated ones, reflect the cruelest conditions in the history of the Captive Movement, in terms of the level of torture, assaults and retaliatory measures imposed against detainees in Israeli prisons, which affected their fates.
*Statistics reflecting the escalation imposed since October 7*
Total number: more than 9500 detainees are currently held in Israeli prisons, excluding detainees from Gaza, who are detained under the “forcible hide”.
Women: (80) detainees, excluding detainees from Gaza.
Children: there are currently more than (200) minors under the age of 18, detained in (Meggido, Ofer and Damoun) prisons, including (24) children from Gaza held at Damoun.
Administrative detainees: (detainees held under the pretext of confidential file): more than (3660), including (22) women and more than (40) children. The majority of administrative detainees are former detainees who spent long years in prisons, in addition to other categories such as university and school students, journalists, lawyers, engineers, physicians, academics representatives and relatives of martyrs.
• Number of sick detainees in Israeli prisons raised since October 7, due to crimes and retaliatory measures imposed against them.
• Journalists: (56), including (45) arrested after October 7 and still under arrest, including (4) women.
• Members of legislative council: (17) members, the majority of them are held under the administrative detention, the oldest of whom are Marwan Barghouthi and Ahmad Saadat.
*Information on senior detainees and detainees who are sentenced to life imprisonment*
. With the martyrdom of the leader detainee Walid Daqqa on April 7, 2024, who was one of the senior detainees arrested before the Oslo Accords, the number of senior detainees became (21), the oldest of whom is detainee Mohammad Tous, who was arrested in 1985.
. In addition to (11) detainees who were arrested before the Oslo Accord and liberated by an exchange deal in 2011, and got rearrested in 2014, such as detainee Nael Barghouthi, who served the longest sentence in Israeli prison.
. In addition to detaining of the Aqsa uprising, as hundreds of them have served more than 21 years in prison.
. 600 detainees are sentenced to life imprisonment, the highest sentence is for detainee Abdullah Barghouthi, who is sentenced to life imprisonment for 67 times, then detainee Ibrahim Hamed, who is sentenced to life imprisonment for 54 times.
*Martyr detainees*
. The total number of Captive Movement martyrs raised to (252) since 1967, after the martyrdom of (16) detainees inside Israeli prisons.
115 detainees in Itzion detention center encounter death every day April 30, 2024
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115 detainees in Itzion detention center encounter death every day
April 30, 2024
The advocate of the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs confirmed that it goes an upward curve to the worst in Itzion detention center, in which 115 detainees are held,since October 7, as it witnesses retaliatory suppressive measures.
Soldiers intend to break into rooms for inspection, knock on iron doors to prevent detainees from sleeping, cursing, threats, attacks and beating without any reason.
Moreover, the IPS uses food as a means of torture and slow killing against detainees, who lost weight and their bodies became vulnerable. They serve cold food in small quantities, one slice of bread for two detainees and two eggs for 12 detainees.
In a protest against these measures, detainees returned their meals to put pressure on the IPS to back down from these measures, but in vain.
Besides the above, soldiers took all towels and threw them in the garbage, so detainees wouldn’t be able to bathe.
The advocate of the commission stated that detainee Yousef Dar Aldeek, from Kufr Ne’meh/ Ramallah, will start a hunger strike soon if he is not transferred from Itzion, as he is held there since 70 days. He is sentenced to 6 months of administrative detention, noting that the majority of detainees are not aware of their administrative detention sentences or the its period.
Regarding detainees Amer Baajawi from Jenin, they brought him carried to the visit room as he can’t walk alone due to his injury during a previous invasion to Jenin. He was shot in the neck, chest, leg and face, where he suffers from a bad health condition and his colleagues help him. However, the IPS ignores his health condition deliberately and only gives him painkillers, whereas he needs intensive medical care.
April 30, 2024
The advocate of the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs confirmed that it goes an upward curve to the worst in Itzion detention center, in which 115 detainees are held,since October 7, as it witnesses retaliatory suppressive measures.
Soldiers intend to break into rooms for inspection, knock on iron doors to prevent detainees from sleeping, cursing, threats, attacks and beating without any reason.
Moreover, the IPS uses food as a means of torture and slow killing against detainees, who lost weight and their bodies became vulnerable. They serve cold food in small quantities, one slice of bread for two detainees and two eggs for 12 detainees.
In a protest against these measures, detainees returned their meals to put pressure on the IPS to back down from these measures, but in vain.
Besides the above, soldiers took all towels and threw them in the garbage, so detainees wouldn’t be able to bathe.
The advocate of the commission stated that detainee Yousef Dar Aldeek, from Kufr Ne’meh/ Ramallah, will start a hunger strike soon if he is not transferred from Itzion, as he is held there since 70 days. He is sentenced to 6 months of administrative detention, noting that the majority of detainees are not aware of their administrative detention sentences or the its period.
Regarding detainees Amer Baajawi from Jenin, they brought him carried to the visit room as he can’t walk alone due to his injury during a previous invasion to Jenin. He was shot in the neck, chest, leg and face, where he suffers from a bad health condition and his colleagues help him. However, the IPS ignores his health condition deliberately and only gives him painkillers, whereas he needs intensive medical care.
(120) detainees held in Itzion detention center, suffering from complicated life conditions
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(120) detainees held in Itzion detention center, suffering from complicated life conditions
April 21, 2024
The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs stated that Itzion detention center witnesses an overcrowding in all rooms, as (120) detainees are currently held there, and new detainees are getting held on a daily basis.
The Commission emphasized that the detainees held in Itzion detention center are from different cities of the West Bank, and suffer from complicated health conditions, in addition to the cold weather, starvation, humiliating, daily attacks, room invading, cursing, provoking and blackmail.
Detainees narrated the terrible details happened at the Eid night: “the night of Fitr Eid was one of the worst nights ever, as special forces invaded our rooms while being asleep without any reason. They took us to the courtyard of the prison and forced us to kneel on the ground, the soldiers dragged us in a violent way and cursed us. They inspected our rooms and threw the mattress and covers on the ground “.
Itzion detention center is located on a mountain between Hebrew and Bethlehem, where the weather is very cold, and it is near a training center for the army. Itzion center has 8 rooms, and each room accommodates 15 detainees. Rooms and courtyard have surveillance cameras.
April 21, 2024
The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs stated that Itzion detention center witnesses an overcrowding in all rooms, as (120) detainees are currently held there, and new detainees are getting held on a daily basis.
The Commission emphasized that the detainees held in Itzion detention center are from different cities of the West Bank, and suffer from complicated health conditions, in addition to the cold weather, starvation, humiliating, daily attacks, room invading, cursing, provoking and blackmail.
Detainees narrated the terrible details happened at the Eid night: “the night of Fitr Eid was one of the worst nights ever, as special forces invaded our rooms while being asleep without any reason. They took us to the courtyard of the prison and forced us to kneel on the ground, the soldiers dragged us in a violent way and cursed us. They inspected our rooms and threw the mattress and covers on the ground “.
Itzion detention center is located on a mountain between Hebrew and Bethlehem, where the weather is very cold, and it is near a training center for the army. Itzion center has 8 rooms, and each room accommodates 15 detainees. Rooms and courtyard have surveillance cameras.
*detention campaigns carried out in the West Bank since October 7*
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A case in point is detainee Walid Daqqa (Abu Milad), who martyred on April 7, 2024 at Asaf Harofeh Hospital, after 38 years of imprisonment, in which he confronted torture, assault, deprivation and isolation, in addition to a series of medical crimes. He passed away without seeing his family as the IPS deprived him of family visits since October 7. His health conditions deteriorated over the past months, which led to his martyrdom. It is worth mentioning that his remain is still withheld by the occupation until today.
. Number of martyrs whose remains still withheld stands at (27), the oldest of whom is detainee Anees Dolah, whose body is withheld since 1980.
*detention campaigns carried out in the West Bank since October 7*
*This brief includes only who got arrested from the West Bank, and exposed to the crime of forcible hide*
. Total number of arrests: (8270) in the West Bank
. Women: (275) women have been arrested ( including women arrested from the lands occupied in 1948, in addition to Gazan women who have been arrested in the West Bank.
. Children: (520) children have been arrested
. Journalists: (66) journalists have been arrested, (45) of them are still under arrest, and (23) sentenced to administrative detention
. More than (5168) orders of administrative detention have been issued since October 7
Detention campaigns are accompanied by many crimes and violations such as brutal beat, vandalism and destruction in detainees’ houses, confiscating cars, gold and money, in addition to the destruction of infrastructure especially in the refugee camps of Tulkarem and Jenin.
Statistics include detainees who were arrested from their houses, on checkpoints, who surrendered themselves and those who were arrested as hostages.
Besides to detention campaigns, the Israeli forces implemented field executions, afflicted detainees and their family members.
statistics on detention cases includes detainees who still under arrest and liberated ones
Data does not include detention cases of Gaza, due to the occupation’s refusal to give information and practicing the crime of forcible hide against them. It is worth mentioning that the occupation forces arrested hundreds of Gazan workers in the West Bank, in addition to citizens from Gaza who were previously in the West Bank for medical treatment.
. (240) detainees were liberated by the exchange deal on November 2023, but the Israeli authorities arrested (15) of them, including (5) children and (4) detainees.
. Number of martyrs whose remains still withheld stands at (27), the oldest of whom is detainee Anees Dolah, whose body is withheld since 1980.
*detention campaigns carried out in the West Bank since October 7*
*This brief includes only who got arrested from the West Bank, and exposed to the crime of forcible hide*
. Total number of arrests: (8270) in the West Bank
. Women: (275) women have been arrested ( including women arrested from the lands occupied in 1948, in addition to Gazan women who have been arrested in the West Bank.
. Children: (520) children have been arrested
. Journalists: (66) journalists have been arrested, (45) of them are still under arrest, and (23) sentenced to administrative detention
. More than (5168) orders of administrative detention have been issued since October 7
Detention campaigns are accompanied by many crimes and violations such as brutal beat, vandalism and destruction in detainees’ houses, confiscating cars, gold and money, in addition to the destruction of infrastructure especially in the refugee camps of Tulkarem and Jenin.
Statistics include detainees who were arrested from their houses, on checkpoints, who surrendered themselves and those who were arrested as hostages.
Besides to detention campaigns, the Israeli forces implemented field executions, afflicted detainees and their family members.
statistics on detention cases includes detainees who still under arrest and liberated ones
Data does not include detention cases of Gaza, due to the occupation’s refusal to give information and practicing the crime of forcible hide against them. It is worth mentioning that the occupation forces arrested hundreds of Gazan workers in the West Bank, in addition to citizens from Gaza who were previously in the West Bank for medical treatment.
. (240) detainees were liberated by the exchange deal on November 2023, but the Israeli authorities arrested (15) of them, including (5) children and (4) detainees.
