The martyrdom of the detainee Omar Daraghmeh from Tubas in the Israeli prisons 

 

 The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club: we consider the martyrdom of any detainee amid the mass aggression against our people and the genocide in Gaza represents an assassination 

 

 

 The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club announced the martyrdom of the detainee Omar Hamza Hasan Daraghmeh, 58, from Tubas city, where he was held in Megiddo prison. 

 

 The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club stated that the occupation forces have arrested Daraghmeh on October,9 and sentenced him to 6 months of administrative detention. He was married and a father of three sons and a daughter. 

 

 The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club stated in a joint report that he attended a court session through video conference, where he was held at Megiddo Prison, and the session was also attended by his lawyer Ashraf Abu Snainah at Ofer military court, who confirmed that the detainee is in good health.

 

 Based on the lawyer’s statements and the testimony of new detainees who were subjected to torture and beat during their way to the court, or room of the video conference, and based on the information provided to us about abuse against detainees, we are afraid of the martyrdom of other detainees, and here we are today announcing the martyrdom of Daraghmeh. 

 

 The narrative of the occupation was and still doubtful, where they create many stories on the conditions of martyrdom of detainees in an attempt to disclaim their crimes. We consider any martyrdom case in Israeli prisons in the light of the mass aggression and genocide in Gaza as an assassination. 

 

 The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club said that the Israeli authorities must be held accountable for this crime, which started with arresting him under administrative detention without any charge or trial, just as hundreds of our people.

 

 It is worth mentioning that (6000) detainees are currently held in Israeli prisons, after the increasing arrest campaigns which began on October 7, including (50) women and (1600) administrative detainees. With the martyrdom of the detainee Daraghmeh, the number of the martyrs of the Captive Movement since 1967 rises to (238) , where the occupation authorities still withholding (11) remains.

 

 The Israeli occupation forces arrest (65) Palestinians from the West Bank last night 

 

 The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club stated that the Israeli occupation forces arrested at least (65) Palestinians from the West Bank last night, including former detainees in the light of mass aggression and systematic retaliatory attacks against our people.

 

 Arrest operations were focused at Ramallah, Jerusalem, Hebron, and the rest distributed to Jenin, Tulkarem, Nablus Tubas and Salfit. 

 

 The number of arrests since October 7, 2023 stands at (1130), where these statistics do not include Gazans.

Statement issued by the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club on the case of administrative detainee Kayed Fasfous 

 

 

 The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club announced that the administrative detainee Kayed Fasfous has suspended his hunger strike, which lasted for (75) days in a row, protesting against his administrative detention.

 

 This came after receiving a call from his family through the advocate of the commission, who visited him at Ramla Prison. Their call came out of fear of assassinating him by the Israeli authorities, in the light of aggression mounted by the occupation forces against our people and detainees who are facing collective retaliatory measures since October 7, 2023. 

 

 The Commission and Prisoner’s Club confirmed that Fasfous, who conducted a struggle with his empty stomach against the crime of administrative detention, has been totally isolated and wasn’t informed about the incidents outside, due to the strict isolation conditions in the clinic of Alramla prison.

 

 In this context, the Commission and the Prisoner’s Club confirmed that the battle conducted by Fasfous represents our continuous struggle against the occupation and its crimes, and that with his strong determination he recorded a victory for the determination of our people and detainees. 

 

It is worth mentioning that he will appear before the court on October 18, 2023, in the Supreme Court of the occupation , to consider the petition submitted by the Commission’s lawyer.

The Israeli occupation forces take advantage from the war on Gaza and torture women detainees in Israeli prisons 

 

 

 The IPS took an advantage from war on Gaza and started to torture and abuse women detainees in Israeli prisons, in the light of the brutal attack mounted against Gaza on October 7, 2023. 

 

 The Commission reported the details of storming Damoun prison that took place on October 19, where many jailers broke into their section, destroyed everything and confiscated the tables, chairs, kitchen tools, food items and the paintings on the walls. 

 

 The jailers started to beat them and isolated some of them when they tried to confront the attack. In addition, they sprayed tear gas, without taking into account the minors and elderly detainees who suffer from asthma and allergy.

 

 It is worth mentioning that women detainees are subjected to heavy penalties since 16 days, represented in:

 1. Deprivation of contacting their families and prevention of family visits

 2. Deprivation of lawyers visits

 3. Deprivation of getting out to the prison’s yard 

4. Deprivation of using the canteen 

5. Confiscation of electrical appliances 

 6. Reduction of shower period to 15 minutes for each room 

7. Repeated break-ins to the rooms and threats of death 

 

 It is worth mentioning that there is a massive campaign of arrests implemented under the pretext of incitement on social media. 

 

 It is also worth mentioning that there are currently (50) women held in Israeli prisons, aside from those who are under custody and interrogation. These figures are subject to change at any moment.

 

The occupation authorities mount a massive campaign of arrests affecting at least (110) Palestinians 

 

 Arrest cases stand at (1070) since October 7, 2023 

 

 Ramallah 

 October 21, 2023 

 

 The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club stated that the Israeli authorities mounted a massive campaign of arrests last night , which afflicted (110) Palestinians, including leaders and former detainees. 

 

 The campaign was focused at Aroura/ Ramallah, Dair Samit/ Hebron, Bethlehem, Nablus and Jericho. This came in light of the mass aggression and collective retaliatory attacks and systematic detention operations against our people. 

 

 The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club indicated that the rate of arrest cases in the West Bank is the highest since the beginning of ( Al Aqsa Flood) , where (1070) arrest cases have been recorded, and was focused at Hebron, Ramallah and Jerusalem, in addition to Gazan workers in the lands occupied in 1948, and detainees from Gaza, whose neither their figures nor their IDs are known until this moment. 

 

 It is worth mentioning that (6500) arrest cases have been recorded since the beginning of the year.

Issued by The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club 

 

 The Israeli Prison Service escalates its retaliatory measures on a daily basis and attacks detainees with intensive beat and deprivation of medical treatment

 

 Ramallah

 

 The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club stated that the IPS Seeks to impose and create retaliatory measures against detainees, to implement the policy of collective punishment.

 

 The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club illustrated that the IPS tended to prevent detainees from the basic needs ( water, food, medical care and electricity), in addition, they have been attacked by intensive beating through storming their sections.

 

 One of the most dangerous procedures is denying detainees’ right to medical care and refusing to move them to hospitals. 

 

 The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club stated that there is an actual fear of disease spread due to refusing throwing waste from cells, cutting water for long periods. Moreover, IPS confiscated the cloths of detainees and kept only one piece for each detainee, and prevented them from using bathrooms that have shower.

 

 The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club confirmed that detainees are living difficult conditions and being subjected to the most intensive collective punishment since decades. The number of detainees raised due to the escalation in daily arrests, which led to overcrowding in all prisons.

 

 The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club called on the ICRC to put an end to these crimes.

The occupation authorities mount a massive campaign of arrests affecting at least (85) Palestinians 

 

 * (1215) arrest cases have been recorded since October 7, 2023

 

 

 The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club stated that the Israeli authorities mounted a massive campaign of arrests last night , which afflicted (85) Palestinians, in light of the mass aggression and collective retaliatory attacks and systematic detention operations against our people, where the detention operations were focused at Ramallah, Hebron and Bethlehem.

 

 The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club indicated that the rate of arrest cases in the West Bank is the highest since the beginning of ( Al Aqsa Flood) , where (1215) arrest cases have been recorded, and included ( children, women and elderly). 

 

The detention operations were accompanied with the policy of threatening, intensive beat against detainees and their families and house destruction. 

 

 It is worth mentioning that these statistics do not include Gazan workers and detainees from Gaza, whose neither their figures nor their IDs are known until this moment. 

 

 The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club stated that (6500) arrest cases have been recorded since the beginning of the year.

The occupation authorities implemented “680” arrest cases since October 7, 2023 

 

 

 The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs reported that (680) arrest cases have been implemented in the West Bank and Jerusalem since October 7, 2023, 25% of them are youths and elderly men, including (88) who have been arrested yesterday’s night and today’s dawn, in addition to (35) workers from Gaza, whom the occupation authorities deported to the West Bank, where they got arrested from a school in Halhoul / Hebron. 

 

 The Commission stated that the majority of them are former detainees, and were arrested on the checkpoints and from their homes after a brutal break in. 

 

 The Commission confirmed that the Israeli authorities implement arrests in retaliatory measures, aiming at practicing pressure against the Palestinian resistance and confirming the policy of collective punishment.

 

 The commission pointed out that hundreds of Palestinians from Gaza have been arrested, but the information and data are not available yet, due to announcing them as illegal fighters, and they are held in unknown places .

Within a new escalation against detainees in Israeli prisons

 “The Israeli Prison Service informs detainees to keep only two pieces of clothing, in preparation for confiscating all belongings”

 

 

 The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs stated that the IPS escalated its attacks against detainees in Israeli prisons, where detainees have been informed to keep only two pieces of clothing, in preparation for confiscating all clothes, covers and belongings.

 

 The Commission pointed out that this procedure reflects the seriousness of the scheme implemented by the IPS to retaliate against detainees, which is supported by the fascist minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir.

 

 The Commission warned of the policy of targeting conducted by the IPS, where the lives of our detainees turned into hell, as they live in closed cell and they are deprived of all their rights.

 

 The commission indicated that this retaliatory action is represented in confiscating clothes, depriving them of water, reducing food shares, confiscating electric appliances and isolating some leaders of the Captive Movement. 

 

 The Commission called on the ICRC to visit prisons immediately and put an end to these violations that contradict all international charters and all principles of International Humanitarian Law and international agreements.