20-year-old Palestinian Dies Days After He Was Shot & Arrested by Israeli Occupation Forces

Palestinian Prisoner's Society & the Commission of Detainees' Affairs

August 25, 2025

Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Israeli occupation authorities have announced the martyrdom of the wounded Palestinian political prisoner, 20-year-old Musab Abdelmoneim al-Ayadeh, while he was hospitalized at the Shaare Zedek Israeli hospital in occupied Jerusalem.

Al-Ayadeh was shot by occupation forces in his hometown of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank just four days ago - on August 21. He was then taken into custody despite his severe injuries, and brought before a military court on Sunday, August 24, at "Ofer" prison, which extended his detention.

The information of his killing was passed on to the Palestinian General Authority of Civil Affairs, which in turn informed the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) who informed his family.

lsraeli occupation forces intended to execute al-Ayadeh when they shot him days ago, as had occurred with many other Palestinians who were killed. It later became evident that he was taken into custody and was being held at Shaare Zedek Hospital.

The killing of Al-Ayadeh adds yet another entry to the ever-growing record of Israeli brutality—field executions chief among them—which have reached unprecedented levels amid a genocide now almost in its second year.

The sharp and accelerating rise in the direct and indirect killing of detainees held in the Israeli occupation’s custody underscores its ongoing savagery. The prison system, in particular, has been fully weaponized as a tool of repression and extermination, systematically deployed to extinguish Palestinian lives behind bars. Not a single month passes without another name added to the long and growing list of martyred prisoners, a grim reflection of a regime that has normalized death as a function of its carceral machinery.

As prison crimes persist, the number of martyred prisoners is set to rise, with thousands held in conditions unfit for human life. Detainees face daily torture, starvation, assault, medical neglect, sexual violence, and deliberate exposure to infectious diseases like scabies. These are part of a broader system of deprivation designed to destroy from within.

With the martyrdom of the injured detainee al-Ayadeh, the number of identified martyred political prisoners since the beginning of the genocide rises to 77 people. Many others remain subject to enforced disappearances. This marks the bloodiest chapter in the history of the Palestinian prisoners’ movement, with 314 documented prisoner martyrs since 1967. The occupation continues to withhold 85 bodies, 74 of them killed since the start of the genocide.

We urge the human rights system to hold occupation leaders accountable, impose clear sanctions, and end the ongoing inaction that has enabled these crimes. If Israel continues to operate with impunity, as if above law and justice, these crimes will only continue and escalate, and the blood of Palestinians will only continue to be spilled.

Palestinian Prisoners’ Institutions Monthly Report
Arrests of Palestinians in Occupied West Bank & Jerusalem in July 2025

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🔴 The number of Palestinian detainees in Israeli occupation prisons as for the beginning of August 2025

● The total number of Palestinian detainees in Israeli occupation prisons has reached nearly 10,800.
This figure does not include those held in military camps subordinate to the Israeli army, representing the highest recorded since the Second Intifada in 2000, based on detainees organizations’ documentation.

● Female Detainees : (49) women are currently held in detention, including two from Gaza.

● Child detainees: As of today, the number exceeds (450) children.

● Administrative detainees: As of the beginning of July, their number reached (3,613), representing the highest percentage compared to the number of sentenced detainees , pre-trial detainees, and those classified as "illegal combatants."

● Detainees classified as "illegal combatants": The number has reached (2,378) individuals. This figure does not include all Gaza detainees held in military camps operated by the Israeli army. It is the highest number since the beginning of the genocide war. This classification also includes Arab detainees from Lebanon and Syria.

Enduring Hell: Gaza Detainees Face Severe Israeli Torture and Terror Behind Bars

Briefing by the Commission of Detainees Affairs’ and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society

August 20, 2025


Ramallah, occupied Palestine – The Commission of Detainees Affairs’ and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society release this new briefing based on testimonies obtained – under strict conditions - by lawyers during visits to detainees conducted between late July and mid-August. The visits were conducted specifically in the underground “Rakevet” section of Ramla Prison, and the “Sde Teiman” military camp, both notorious for systematic torture of Palestinians arrested from occupied Gaza.

Those abducted from the occupied Gaza Strip are enduring the worst levels of torture and abuse compared with any other detainees.

Detainee (A.B.): “They put me in stress positions including the ‘mozeh’ (banana) position, during which I was beaten. This continued for 17 days, including once for 5 consecutive days. The interrogators would grab my testicles and beat me on them, trying to pressure me into confessing. They also blindfolded me and threw me from the chair to the ground. After being transferred to Ramla Prison, I was subjected to another round of interrogation, during which the guards broke my fingers."

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Enduring Hell: Gaza Detainees Face Severe Israeli Torture and Terror Behind Bars

August 20, 2025       

Briefing by the Commission of Detainees Affairs’ and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society

Ramallah, occupied Palestine – Nearly two years into the Gaza genocide and severe crimes against Palestinian political detainees held in the Israeli occupation’s prisons continue. Those abducted from the occupied Gaza Strip are enduring the worst levels of torture and abuse compared with any other detainees.

The Commission of Detainees Affairs’ and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society release this new briefing based on testimonies obtained – under strict conditions - by lawyers during visits to detainees conducted between late July and mid-August. The visits were conducted specifically in the underground “Rakevet” section of Ramla Prison, and the “Sde Teiman” military camp, both notorious for systematic torture of Palestinians arrested from occupied Gaza.

In the underground “Rakevet” section of Ramla Prison, detainees came to their lawyers’ visits weeping, terrorized.

All detainees had been threatened and beaten prior to seeing their lawyers. Prison guards attempted to force detainees to lie to their lawyers and tell them that everything is “excellent.” Lawyers were forbidden from sharing any information about detainees’ families - who remain in Gaza - or the ongoing genocide.

Key testimonies revealed the continued practice of beatings and finger-breaking, along with total isolation—detainees are denied sunlight and allowed out to the yard every other day for 20 minutes, handcuffed and forced to keep their heads down.

Mattresses are distributed at night and removed in the morning, forcing prisoners to sit on metal beds all day. Guards deliberately humiliate them with insults, including forcing them to curse their own mothers and families, alongside constant threats and psychological terror. Several prisoners came to their visits weeping and terrorized. One appeared to have been severely beaten—his face covered in tears, marks on his wrists from the handcuffs. He was unable to speak about what happened to him, only trying to signal to the lawyer with his eyes. His case is not isolated; all detainees showed severe psychological distress, with fear dominating the entire lawyers’ visit.

The interrogation period stands out as one of the clearest reflections of the level of torture and grave violations inflicted by interrogators against detainees abducted from occupied Gaza.

Detainee (A.Y.): "I was arrested in December 2023 and taken to the 'barracks,' where I stayed for eight days. During that time, I was subjected to four days of 'disco' interrogation. Later, I underwent further interrogation by the intelligence services and the army, then I was transferred to Asqalan Prison, where I was held in a cell for a month without knowing day from night, and subjected to very harsh military interrogations.

They would strap me to a chair and then throw me to the ground while my hands and feet were bound. I was beaten daily for 30 days straight. I currently suffer from torn chest muscles and severe pain due to prolonged shackling of my arms behind my back. After Asqalan, I was moved to Ofer Prison, where I was shown a screen with a map to locate my home and was questioned about several locations in Gaza."

Detainee (Y.D.): "I was interrogated in the field for an hour, then transferred to the 'barracks,' where I was beaten, and then placed under the 'disco' interrogation method, where I was severely beaten, suspended in stress positions, and lost consciousness several times. They poured water on me to wake me up. The beating was so violent that my handcuffs came off twice. I was struck violently on the head, and my hair was pulled out. Now I suffer from rib fractures and I can’t sleep. The torture also caused a tear in my left ear, vision impairment, and kidney pain."

Detainee (A.B.): "I was arrested on the second day of the war. I was already suffering from a jaw injury and had undergone surgery. After my arrest, I was transferred to Asqalan Prison, where I was held for a month and a half and was subjected to military interrogation. They put me in stress positions including the ‘mozeh’ (banana) position, during which I was beaten. This continued for 17 days, including once for 5 consecutive days. The interrogators would grab my testicles and beat me on them, trying to pressure me into confessing. They also blindfolded me and threw me from the chair to the ground. After being transferred to Ramla Prison, I was subjected to another round of interrogation, during which the guards broke my fingers."

Hunger and Disease Dominate Testimonies

All detainees who were visited confirmed they are suffering from extreme hunger — one described the situation as “famine.” They are given extemely small portions of food, often inedible. Detainees collect these scraps to form a single evening meal. The amount of food provided to an entire cell is barely enough for one person. Most are experiencing severe weight loss, emaciation, and extreme exhaustion, along with worsening illnesses and health conditions.

In addition to deliberate starvation, diseases and infections continue to spread — most notably scabies skin disease, which has become one of the most pressing health issues facing the prisoners. The prison system has actively continued to its spread by depriving detainees of basic hygiene and medical care, and refusing to eradicate it.

Main Facts About Palestinians Detained from Gaza

Since the start of the genocide, Israeli occupation forces have detained thousands of civilians from across the Gaza Strip — including women, children, the elderly, the wounded, as well as medical and press personnel.

In addition to the abuses mentioned in this briefing, Israeli occupation forces have carried out other severe acts such as rape, including raping detainees to death, as well as torturing and starving them to death.

The occupation also continues to commit the crime of enforced disappearance against hundreds of detainees abducted from Gaza, refusing to disclose their identities or locations of detention. To this day, the International Committee of the Red Cross is denied access to visit them.

Due to some recent legal amendments, human rights organizations have managed to uncover the fate of hundreds of detainees, gaining access to most prisons and detention camps — including “Sde Teiman”, a key site of documented torture and medical abuse, and the underground Rakevet section of Ramla Prison.

Amid these severe abuses, dozens of detainees have been killed in custody, in addition to others extrajudicially executed upon arrest. Of the 76 identified martyred political prisoners since the genocide began, 46 were people arrested from Gaza.

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Abu Al-Hummos warns of escalating psychological abuse against detainees in Ofer Prison

August 8, 2025

The Head of the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, Raed Abu Al-Hummos, issued a warning on Friday over the mounting psychological abuse inflicted on detainees in Ofer Prison, describing the situation as rapidly worsening and extremely alarming.

His remarks followed his review of a report from the Commission’s lawyer, who had recently visited several detainees in Ofer. The detainees’ testimonies revealed serious threats to their lives, with a clear and deliberate focus on breaking their resolve and morale through systematic psychological exhaustion, aimed at rendering them mentally unstable and emotionally broken.

Abu Al-Hummos noted that the overall conditions inside Israeli prisons and detention centers are harsh and dangerous, and that Israeli policies toward detainees have reached unprecedented levels of severity. He stressed that the continued silence of the international community leaves Palestinian detainees, both men and women, abandoned to neglect and abuse, emboldening the occupation authorities to pursue even more extreme measures.

“The Commission’s lawyer documented the accounts of the detainees he met,” Abu Al-Hummos said. “They spoke in detail about their personal suffering and the general situation. Every account contained evidence of organized crimes that should have no place in the twenty-first century.”

The detainees, he added, described illnesses and pain caused by beatings, torture, insufficient and poor-quality food, lack of hygiene, deprivation of clothing and blankets, and being confined to their rooms around the clock amid overcrowding and the spread of contagious diseases. These hardships are further compounded by constant searches and raids, often accompanied by vile insults and verbal abuse, creating severe mental and emotional pressure that pushes them into states of shock and psychological trauma.

Abu Al-Hummos urged human rights and humanitarian organizations to pursue their responsibilities and break their silence, warning that neutrality comes at the cost of the detainees’ health, years, and lives. He stressed that it is unacceptable to leave these men and women at the mercy of the occupation’s brutality, terror, and entrenched racism, which strips them of their very humanity.

Abu Al-Hummos: “Knesset's approval of the bill targeting the so-called ‘illegal combatants’ is a scandalous crime”

August 4, 2025

Raed Abu Al-Hummos, Head of the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, called on for international parliaments, legal institutions, and human rights organizations to condemn and reject the Israeli legislation that authorizes the arrest and detention of Palestinian civilians from the Gaza Strip, individuals who continue to face brutal crimes committed by the Israeli military and prison authorities.

Abu Al-Hummos stated, “For 22 consecutive months, Palestinians from across the Gaza Strip have been subjected to arbitrary arrest, systematic beatings, torture, and abuse that, in many cases, amount to execution. They are transferred from one military camp to another, from prison to prison, enduring relentless violations that are both inhumane and degrading. The occupation authorities label them as ‘illegal combatants’, as if they were foreigners who had crossed into the country from East Asia or Africa, captured at the border.”

He continued, “The Israeli Knesset, now controlled by far-right and extremist factions, is actively legalizing the detention of Palestinian civilians from Gaza. This legislation gives Israeli authorities the green light to hold detainees indefinitely without charges, without due process, and without access to legal representation. It is justified under the pretext of a so-called ‘exceptional law,’ stripping detainees of their most basic rights, including the right to be informed of the reason for their detention and the associated legal protections.”

Abu Al-Hummos pointed out that the Knesset’s general assembly recently passed this bill, targeting Palestinians arrested from Gaza since the outbreak of the war of extermination on October 7, 2023, through its second and third readings. The law was approved by a vote of 30 in favor and 6 against, out of 120 members, allowing it to take immediate effect under Israeli legislation.

He stressed that such practices and legal measures reflect utter contempt for international legal, parliamentary, and human rights systems. He called for the mobilization of all available legal mechanisms and the unification of global efforts to confront and halt this dangerous erosion of international norms.

Minor detainees are taken to visits with heads covered in black bags… a blatant violation of their human dignity

”Minors Held in Harsh Conditions at “Megiddo Prison”

August 13, 2025

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs reported that the Israeli Prison Service continues to enforce abusive measures against detained minors, comparable in severity to those imposed on adult prisoners since October 7.
These children are kept in bare, empty cells, placed under heightened isolation, and denied family visits, part of the broader policy that has barred thousands of detainees from seeing their families.

The Commission explained that, in Megiddo Prison, minors are deliberately brought to family visits with their hands and feet shackled, blindfolded, and their heads covered with black bags. Upon entering the visiting room, the blindfold is removed, but their hands remain restrained in a way that makes holding the phone extremely difficult, while their feet remain chained. Despite repeated appeals from legal representatives to remove the restraints during visits, prison authorities consistently refuse.

Following a recent visit to the minors, the Commission’s lawyer reported that the prison cells fail to meet even the most basic international standards for the rights of children and detainees. They are filthy, infested with insects, poorly ventilated, and inadequately lit. The detained minors are subjected on a daily basis to verbal abuse, beatings, solitary confinement, sexual harassment, and collective punishment.

Gilboa prison administration inflicts electric shocks torture on detainees

August 8, 2025

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs stated on Friday that the Gilboa Prison administration has escalated its abuse against detainees, recently employing painful electric shocks during raids on detention sections and cells.

A lawyer from the Commission, following a visit to the facility, described the procedure: special units storm the section under the pretext of conducting inspections, restrain all detainees by their hands and feet, and move them to the prison yard. There, detainees are beaten, insulted, and subjected to electric shocks.

They are then dragged to the yard showers, drenched with water, and shocked again, a method intended to intensify their pain and suffering. In many cases, detainees collapse from the ordeal.

The lawyer further noted that “the electric shocks are administered using specialized stun guns, which are also wielded as weapons to strike detainees on the head. Being made of solid metal, they cause deep wounds, leaving many detainees bleeding, while guards mock and laugh at them. The level of torture is so severe that numerous detainees lose consciousness.”

The Commission added that alongside this torture, detainees are deprived of sufficient food, receiving only minimal portions that have led to drastic weight loss.

The lack of cleaning materials and disinfectants has turned cells into breeding grounds for disease. Detainees are forced to use the same plastic plates and spoons for an entire month, ensuring the constant presence of viruses and bacteria, a situation that puts their health and lives in grave danger.

Palestinian Detainee Intisar Al-Awawdeh Exposes the Inhumane Conditions Faced by Women Prisoners in Israeli Jails

August 4, 2025

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs has revealed harrowing details of the abuse endured by Palestinian women in Israeli prisons, based on the testimony of detainee Intisar Al-Awawdeh, 52, from the town of Karma near Hebron. Her account, relayed through the Commission’s lawyer after a visit to Damon Prison, sheds light on systematic violations targeting female detainees.

Arrested on May 13, 2025, Al-Awawdeh recounted that Israeli forces raided her home in the early morning hours in large numbers. Her phone and computer were confiscated, she was not allowed to change her clothes, and was blindfolded and handcuffed before being taken away in a military jeep, without the presence of a female soldier.

She described being transferred between multiple interrogation centers, including Kiryat Arba and the Moskobiyyeh, where she was subjected to a humiliating strip search and detained for 22 days in dire conditions, dim lighting, no windows, and undrinkable water.

Later, Al-Awawdeh was transferred to the Sharon transit facility, which she described as uninhabitable: damp, dirty floors, moldy walls, and foul odors emanating from every corner. Meals were barely edible and often served in unwashed dishes. In one incident, she witnessed a guard dump food remnants into the trash, bang the plate on the bin, then refill it with rice, without rinsing or cleaning it, before handing it back to her. "I was disgusted," she said, "but hunger forced me to eat a boiled egg and a single potato."

After three days, she was moved to Damon Prison, where she remains. She describes the conditions as cruel and degrading. The prison cells lack basic ventilation; air vents are sealed, and even the upper part of the door is blocked by glass and mesh. Since the events of October 7, all electric appliances, including fans, have been confiscated, leaving detainees to suffer the sweltering summer heat.

Al-Awawdeh added that daily recreation time rarely exceeds 30 minutes, and is sometimes reduced to just 15 minutes at the whim of the guards. This short window is the only time allowed for showering and washing clothes. Detainees are released in small groups to prevent interaction, and when they return, the rooms are thick with humidity, an environment she says is perfect for the spread of skin parasites. No personal hygiene supplies are provided.

On the medical front, she reported that nearly all female detainees suffer from skin irritation, heavy sweating, and digestive issues like constipation, due to poor food and lack of movement. Exercise is nearly impossible, as the yard is under constant surveillance, making it impossible for women to remove their head coverings or receive adequate sun exposure. Many detainees now suffer from vitamin D deficiency and hair loss, in addition to a severe shortage of clean clothes and undergarments.

She also highlighted the trauma caused by frequent, unannounced searches at all hours of the day and night, which heighten anxiety among the prisoners, especially minors and pregnant women.

The Commission emphasized that these conditions amount to flagrant violations of international humanitarian law, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and all universally recognized human rights standards, and called on the international community, human rights organizations, and global parliaments to take immediate action to protect the rights and dignity of Palestinian women held in Israeli prisons.