The detainee Muhammad Safran (45 years) from Ramallah is facing brutal detention conditions in the isolation of Shatta prison, where he is in solitary confinement since 9 months.

The Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated that seizing his canteen funds came under the pretext of the high debts on him to the state of occupation, where the occupation authorities prevented his family from depositing money in his account. Due to this difficult conditions, he decided to enter a hunger strike protesting against these cruel decisions.

However, he suspended his hunger strike due to a deterioration on his health conditions, where he lost weight and suffered from intensive infections in the kidney and many other diseases. The Commission pointed out that the detainee Safran is in desperate need to the canteen funds, so he can buy his basic needs.

It is worthy to mention that the detainee Safran is detained since 19/10/2017, after conducting a run over attack against Israeli troops. He is sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment, and he still suffers from the injury he got during arrest.

The Commission of Detainees' Affairs pointed out, in a statement narrated by the lawyer Fadi Obaidat, that three detainees at Naqab prison are facing difficult health conditions due to the policy of medical ignorance.

A case in point is the detainee Hussam Deek (36 years) from Kufr Aldeek, who was arrested in 2/2/2021. He suffers from intense infections in the colon and intestines, since his detention.

The Commission confirmed that Israel continued in faking promises, where it was scheduled to conduct medical checkups for him but in vain.

Another case in point is the detainee Adel Srouji (29 years) from Tulkarem, who was arrested in 9/2/2020, and sentenced to 4 years. He had a surgery to remove benign tumour in his stomach. However, the administration of prisons did not inform him about the nature of his disease and still refuse to give him the examination result.

The Commission stated that the detainee is afraid of undergoing another surgery because last time they forced him to sign unknown papers. Now he suffers from severe pain in his stomach and can't eat normally.

The Commission pointed out that the detainee Raed Ratrout (37 years) from Nablus, Who was arrested in 2008 and sentenced to 27 years. He is suffering from toothache, where his teeth fall due to infections in the gum. The administration of prisons did not treat him as it should, instead, they removed the majority of his teeth, which caused him intense pain.

The Commission of Detainees' Affairs holds the Israeli authorities full responsibility on continuing the deliberate policy of medical ignorance against Palestinian detainees, and calls on international community institutions, human rights organisations and the international committee of the Red Cross to fulfil their obligations towards detainees, especially the sick ones.

The Commission of Detainees' Affairs published a report on the latest updates on the conditions of detainees in Israeli prisons, and the most prominent violations they are subjected to last May.

According to the documentation reports, the total number of arrests during May 2022 was (530) cases, the majority of them are from Jerusalem.

The orders of administrative detention reached to (157), including (82) new orders and (75) extending   orders.

There are currently (4600) detainees in Israeli prisons, including (31) women, (172) minors, (682) administrative detainees, (500) sick detainees and (551) detainees sentenced to life imprisonment. In addition,  there are (214) detainees who spent more than 20 years in prison.

The report includes the most prominent procedures and arbitrary measures  implemented against detainees in May 2022.

1. A fierce campaign of arrests, and an escalation in the confrontation and resistance
2. Jerusalem arrests in May,, an organized apartheid
3. Women and minors. .. a story of continuous suffering
4. Sick detainees... a crime of slow death in Israeli prisons
5. The list of life sentences increases to (551)
6. Administrative detention.. a means of collective punishment
7. (228) Martyrs of the Captive Movement.. unstoppable wheel
8. Jelboa tunnel... a tournament broke the Israeli security system
9. The detainee Ahmad Manasra... a witness on the suppression of the occupation
10. The list of senior detainees is increasing
11. The suffering of detainees from Gaza Strip

It is worthy to mention that the report is issued in Arabic and English language, and was briefed in French.

Click here to download the english copy of report

* The Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated that the health condition of the detainee Naser Abu Hmaid is very critical, since the lawyer informed that he underwent 4 sessions of chemotherapy. He suffers from severe pain and he is unable to move or breathe.

* There is a mobility by the Captive Movement in Israeli prisons to save the lives of the striking detainees Rayan and Awawdeh. The representatives of the Captive Movement Yousef Shamali and Yahia Zahran discussed this issue with the administration of prisons to end this trouble. * Both detainees Rayan and Awawdeh have been moved to the clinic of Al-ramla prison.

* the representatives of the Captive Movement visited the striking detainees and other detainees in the clinic to check on their health conditions, and promised to convey their demands to the Intelligence device of the prisons.

The Commission of Detainees' Affairs called on the international community to oblige Israel to release the detainees of "shalit deal" , who were rearrested before 8 years.

The Commission pointed out that in 18/6/2014 the Israeli army had rearrested 70 detainees who were released under the shalit deal, which was approved in 2011 under an Egyptian peacemaking.

At that time, 1027 detainees have been released in exchange of releasing the Israeli captive Jelaad Shalit.

The Commission stated that 50 detainees have been sentenced to the same former rules, 49 of them are detained in difficult conditions.

It is obvious that this policy is clear evidence on the retaliatory measures used by the Israeli authorities. The Commission called on human rights organisations to practice pressure on Israel to release those detainees and end their arbitrary detention , requesting our Egyptian friends to support this cause .

The Commission of Detainees' Affairs denounced the awful crime committed by the Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh, who was doing her job and delivering her message today at Jenin refugee camp.
The Commission emphasized that this crime against the martyr Shireen Abu Aqleh indicates that Israel targets every Palestinian, where the extremist instructions of the Israeli government are obvious in dealing with the Palestinian voice in the utmost hatred and arrogance.
The Commission requested to form an international investigation committee for this crime, which caused the martyrdom of the journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh and the injury of the journalist Ali Samoudi, where the targeting was public and direct. Wishing that the international Federation of journalists to take its responsibility in condemning Israel and hold it accountable for such crimes.
May her soul rest in peace

The head of the Commission of Detainees' Affairs, M.G Qadri Abu Baker, stated that the Israeli authorities shall hold full responsibility on the lives of the striking detainees Raed Rayan and Khalil Awawdeh, who are on hunger strike against their administrative detention.

Abu Baker said that the detainee Raed Rayan (28 years) from Bait Dukko/Jerusalem, is still on hunger strike since 102 days respectively, and held at the so-called Ramla clinic in bad health conditions.

Moreover, the detainee Khalil Awawdeh (40 years) from Ethna/ Hebron, is on hunger strike since 15 days, preceded by a strike of 111 days, after the Israeli authorities promised him to be released, but in vain, where they sentenced him to 6 months under the administrative detention, which forced him to continue the battle of (empty stomack) , despite his difficult health conditions.

He is currently held at Assaf Harofeh Hospital. Abu Baker pointed out that there is a real fear on the fate of both detainees, after their health conditions deteriorated due to the ongoing long hunger strike.

He also called on the human rights organisations to practice pressure against the Israeli authorities to end their arbitrary detention before it's too late.

The Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated that the detainee Zakaria Zubaidi (45 years) ,who is currently detained at the isolation of Ayalon prison, lives in a difficult conditions and on hunger strike since 12 days, in support of his colleagues who are on hunger strike protesting against their administrative detention.

The Commission confirmed, by the advocate Fawaz Shalloudi, that Zakaria Zubaidi won't end his strike unless the two detainees awawdeh and rayan are transferred to a hospital.

The administration of prisons imposed many punishments, since announcing his strike, represented in isolating him in individual cell and take all the electric appliances from his cell.

The Commission pointed out that Zakaria Zubaidi is one of the six detainees who escaped from Jelboa prison last September, where he was rearrested on September 11. He got sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment and a fine of 5000 NIS.

It is worthy to mention that Zakaria Zubaidi is from Jenin camp, and a symbol of the second Intifada, since he participated in many operations against the occupation. He is of a struggler family, where he has two siblings who are former detainees, and his mother and brother are martyrs.

The administration of Israeli prisons is still practicing the policy of administrative detention against Palestinian detainees, which is considered among systematic policies, that does not take into consideration the rights to appropriate medical care guaranteed to them in accordance with international agreements and treaties.

In the same context, the Commission of Detainees' Affairs revealed several cases of sick detainees in Israeli prisons, including the detainee Abdulkareem Rimawi (45 years) from Ramallah, who is currently detained at Naqab Prison. He suffers from the procrastination by the administration of prison and the prison's clinic in proving the appropriate medical care, and he is just given painkillers. Whereas he suffers from a gunshot in his right leg and abdomen, in addition to several pains in his back and right leg. He underwent medical examinations and x-rays and he was diagnosed with fragments that spread all over his body, where the doctor informed him that no surgery could be done and he has to adapt with this condition.

Another case in point is the detainee Mustafa Odeh (45 years) from the city of Tulkarem, who is detained at Megiddo prison. He underwent a surgery at the Hospital of Jenin before being detained, and he told the administration that he was supposed to undergo another surgery. However, the administration of prisons is procrastinating in making the needed medical tests that should be done before the surgery.

In addition, there is another case for the detainee Yaser Sharabati from Hebron, who is sentenced to life imprisonment and 20 years. He is detained at Ramoun prison and suffers from diabetes and pain in his right eye, but the clinic of the prison keeps delaying in his treatment.

The Commission of Detainees stated that the Israeli prisons' service must hold full responsibility on the policy of medical ignorance against Palestinian detainees, and called on the international institutions, the Red Cross and human rights organizations to be committed to their roles towards the cause of Palestinian detainees.