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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.

Details: Category: News; Published: 16 April 2024; Hits: 211

*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.

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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.

Details: Category: News; Published: 15 April 2024; Hits: 215

Announcement on central events of the “Palestinian Prisoner’s Day”

On April 17, 2024

Ramallah: at 12:00 pm, Almanara Square
Hebron: at 12:00 pm, Ibn Rushd Square
Nablus: at 12:00 pm, the east complex
Jenin: at 12:00 pm, Cinema Square
Bethlehem: at 12:00 pm, Manger Square
Tulkarem: at 12:00 pm, in front of the Red Cross
Tubas: at 12:00 pm, Martyrs’ Square
Qalqilia: at 12:00 pm, Martyr Abu Ali Iyad Square
Jericho: at 11:00 am , Jericho Square
Salfit: at 12:00 pm, the campus of Al-Quds Open University

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Invitation to attend and cover a press conference tomorrow

Ramallah- Detainees Institutions and the Islamic and national organizations invite you to attend a press conference tomorrow at 12:00 pm, to discuss the most prominent developments related to Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, with the approach of “Palestinian Prisoner’s Day”, coinciding April 17th and coming in the bloodiest year, with the continuation of extensive aggression and genocide against our people in Gaza Strip.

Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm
Place: Al-Birah/ The headquarter of the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs/ Alzahraa Building

Details: Category: News; Published: 15 April 2024; Hits: 254

The struggle history of the leader detainee Marwan Barghouthi

Marwan was born in 1959, and he is from Kobar/ Ramallah and considered the first member of the Central Committee of Fatah Movement and the first representative to be arrested by the Israeli authorities and sentenced to life imprisonment.

He started his struggle life early, and was detained for the first time in 1976, as the repeated detentions constituted a turning point in his life, where his joined Birzeit University after getting released in 1983, elected as a chairman of students’ council and established the Fatah youth movement. He got arrested in 1984 for weeks and in 1985 for 50 days, in which he was exposed to tough interrogation, sentenced to house custody and sentenced to administrative detention in the same year.
The occupation authorities started to chase him in 1986, then he got arrested and deported, worked with the martyr Abu Jihad.

He was elected as a member in the Fifth Conference of Fatah Movement in 1989, and he came back home on April 1994 and elected as secretary of Fatah movement in the West Bank, to start a new phase of struggle works. He was elected as a member of the Legislative Council of Fatah Movement in 1996.

The Israeli authorities charged him with establishing AlAqsa martyrs brigades during AlAqsa uprising, where he was chased and subjected to two assassination attempts

On April 2002, he got arrested during the West Bank invasion, where he was exposed to torture and isolation for more than one thousand days, and then he got sentenced to life time imprisonment in 2004.

After the judgment he said “if losing my freedom equals the freedom of my people, I am ready to pay the price”.

He was the head of the united list in the second elections of legislative council in 2006.

He took the initiative to draft the detainees’ charter with his colleagues, and signed in the behalf of Fatah Movement the “Detainees’ charter of national reconciliation”, issued by leader detainees of different factions in the Israeli prisons. The PLO adopted this charter as a basis of the national reconciliation conference.

Barghouthi had his PHD in political science from Research and Studies Institute of the Arab League while being held in the isolation of Hadarim prison in 2010. He released many books over the past years in prison, such as “One thousand days in the cell of solitary confinement”.

He led an open hunger strike in the memorial of Palestinian Prisoner’s Day in 2017, with 1600 detainees and lasted for 42 days.

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Statement issued by the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club on the 22nd memorial of detention for the leader detainee Marwan Barghouthi

April 15, 2024

Today marks the 22nd memorial of detention for the leader and national struggler, member of the Central Committee of Fatah Movement, Marwan Barghouthi, beside the detainee Ahmad Barghouthi. This memorial coincides the massive aggression against our people and detainees in Israeli prisons, besides the systematic genocide in Gaza, and the historical twist that constitutes an extension of resistance and struggle conducted by our people with their blood and sacrifices over long decades. His detention was part of targeting him by chasing, deportation and assassination attempts during the Aqsa uprising, in which the Palestinian people presented the finest image of resistance and struggle in confronting the occupation. The leader Marwan Barghouthi and his colleagues presented a sample of resistance despite the suppression and systematic policies of torture. Since October 7, our detainees and leaders of the Captive Movement were subjected to torture, isolation and unprecedented attacks, as the IPS intended to target our detainees and take away their rights which they obtained by blood and sacrifice. He and his colleagues were subjected to operations of isolation and transfer, as he was transferred from Ofer prison to the isolation of Ramla prison, then to the isolation of Ohelekdar prison and then to the isolation of Ramla prison again and finally he is currently held in the isolation of Megiddo prison. He was subjected to brutal attacks during his transfer by special forces, especially in Megiddo prison, which witnessed the most cruel torture and assaults after October 7. These procedures and policies escalated since October 7, were not new at all, but constituted an extension of suppressive and retaliatory measures since occupying our lands. It is worth mentioning that the isolation against the leader Marwan Barghouthi was not the first during his detention, rather, he was isolated several times and turned his experience into a front of confrontation and reinforced his revolutionary ideas. Barghouthi continued his struggle in order to reinforce the statement of “ the occupation’s prisons were turned into universities and educational institutions”. This expression was a metaphor in the past, but detainees turned into reality to reinforce knowledge, enlightenment and education. The Commission and Prisoner’s Club paid tribute to the leader Marwan Barghouthi and all his colleagues in prison, who continue their struggle with determination and resilience. *Glory to martyrs and freedom to detainees*

Details: Category: News; Published: 07 April 2024; Hits: 814

The Israeli occupation continues to chase and arrest liberated women detainees

April 7, 2024

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs called on international, regional and local feminists organizations, unions and societies working on women affairs to save Palestinian women from the Israeli targeting.

The Commission emphasized that invading the houses of liberated detainees became a firm manner pursued on a daily basis, where the Israeli army is trying to achieve retaliatory policies and taking revenge from Palestinians women and girls, depending beating, house vandalism and humiliation, without taking into consideration their privacy.

The Commission condemned the policy of chasing liberated detainees, the last of which was carried out today’s morning, as occupation forces invaded Ramallah and Birzeit village, arresting the liberated detainees Layan Kayed and Layan Naser, students in Birzeit University.

The Commission expressed its hope on establishing a feminist mobilization to support Palestinian women and expose the crimes committed against them by the occupation, and to practice pressure against governments and parliaments to take responsibility towards denying women’s rights in Palestine.

Recently, there was an escalation in arresting Palestinian women and girls, where they got detained based on a retaliatory tendencies, and used as hostages. It is worth mentioning that there are currently (81) women detained in Israeli prisons, the majority of them are held in Damoun prison in difficult and complicated health conditions.

Details: Category: News; Published: 07 April 2024; Hits: 213

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

? *The martyrdom of detainee Walid Daqqa (Abu Milad) after serving 38 years in Israeli prisons*

Ramallah
The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club announced the martyrdom of detainee Walid Nimer Daqqa, 62, from Western Baqa village in the lands occupied in 1948, who has cancer and detained since 38 years in Israeli prisons, due to a series of medical crimes committed against him deliberately in order to kill him.

Daqqa is one of the most prominent leaders of the Captive Movement in Israeli prisons, and he was detained before signing the Oslo Accord, where the Israeli authorities refused to release him by exchange deals over the past decades.

The Commission and the prisoner’s club stated in a joint report that we mourn the martyrdom of a national leader who spent his life defending his nation, and left a national and intellectual heritage. He faced the policies of torture, assault, deprivation and isolation, in addition to successive medical crimes.

He was supposed to be liberated on March 25, 2023, but the Israeli occupation authorities added two years ti his sentence to be 39 years, in spite of diagnosing him with blood cancer.

His health condition deteriorated many times since last March, due to the constant medical ignorance and moving him to the clinic of Alramla prison, where he lived in difficult conditions.
He was transferred to Jelboa prison and then to Ramla prison, and he was moved to Asaf Harofeh prison many times. He and other detainees faced cruel detention conditions after October 7, as his family was prevented from the visit and could not contact him since then.

Daqqa joined the Palestinian Liberation Organization and he was arrested on March 25, 1986, and sentenced to life imprisonment. At that time, the life sentence was determined to 37 years of imprisonment, which means that he was supposed to be liberated in 24/5/2023, but the court of Beersheba issued a decision to add two years to his sentence under the charge of getting involved in bringing cell phones inside the prison.

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*During his meeting with the Head of Political team of the British Council*

*Fares: Britain should take a clear position on the Israeli aggression against Palestinian people and detainees*

April 4, 2024

The Head of the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, Qaddura Fares, called on the British Government to take a real position on the massive Israeli aggression against Palestinians, especially on the ferocious war in Gaza and the fascist attacks against male and female detainees in Israeli prisons.

This call came during a meeting with the Head of the Political Team in the British Consulate, Mr. Chris Barker, where Qaddura urged him to convey a message to his state that the massacres and violations committed against detainees are considered a retaliatory reaction to the incidents of October7, and there is no justification for this collective punishment.

Fares stated that we need an international intervention by an influential state to oblige Israel to stop the war in adhere to the Security Council’s resolution on cease fire. We as Palestinians believe that Britain is able to take actions in this matter, because of its international status and solid relations with Isreal.

Fares said : “ Britain holds extra responsibility towards the incidents in Palestine, being the main reason behind occupying the Palestinian territories by Israel through Balfour Declaration. Today we live in the most appropriate chance that enables Britain to atone for its sin and support giving the Palestinians the right of self determination in accordance with the resolutions of the international legitimacy “.

Fares denounced the ignorance of the global call of ceasefire by governments, people and even Israeli people, and confirmed that Israel does not respect international laws and agreements and does not abide by the resolutions of United Nations. Rather, Israel implemented a massive detention campaign and practiced torture and assault against Palestinian detainees, through a series of fascist laws.

Fares pointed out that detainees’ achievements in past decades, regarding food, water, clothing, medical care and the nature of cells , became meaningless after October 7, as detainees are currently deprived of their basic rights and became victims of cold, starvation and the hatred of jailers.

Details: Category: News; Published: 31 March 2024; Hits: 232

*Brief on detention campaigns carried out in the West Bank since October 7 until March 31/3/2025*

*This brief includes only who got arrested from the West Bank, and exposed to the crime of forcible hide*

. Total number of arrests: (7895) in the West Bank

. Women: (258) 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: (500) children have been arrested

. Journalists: (64) journalists have been arrested, (43) of them are still under arrest, and (23) sentenced to administrative detention

. More than (4430) 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.

. (13) detainees martyred in Israeli prisons after the 7th of October due to systematic crimes of torture, assault, policy of starvation, isolation and the increasing medical ignorance which was the main reason for detainees’ martyrdom.

( Omar Daraghmeh from Tubas, Arafat Hamdan from Ramallah, Majed Zaqqul from Gaza, the fourth martyr is unknown, Abdulrahman Maree from Salfit, Thaer Abu Assab from Qalqilia and Abdulrahman Bahsh from Nablus, Muhammad Sabbar from Hebron, Khaled Shawish from Tubas, Ezz Al-deen banna from Gaza, Assef Refae from Ramallah, Ahmad Qdaih and Jumaa Abu Ghnaimeh, in addition to Muhammad Abu Snaineh, who martyred in Hadassa Hospital.

*The Israeli media announced the martyrdom of detainees from Gaza in Sadeh Timan military camp, and also announced the martyrdom of 27 detainees from Gaza lately*

*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.

- the total number of detainees in Israeli prisons stands at (9100) including more than (3558) administrative detainees and (793) detainees from Gaza who were classified as illegal fighters.

*Detainees’ Institutions ( Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club, Addameer Association for Human Rights )*

Details: Category: News; Published: 28 March 2024; Hits: 288

Fares greets the US State Department call to comply with the disciplines of International Law

March 28/ 2024

The head of the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, Qaddura Fares, greeted the United States on its rejectionist attitude towards the Israeli violations and abusive measures against Palestinian detainees, and also greeted the call issued by the US State Department on the necessity of obliging Israel to adhere to the disciplines of International Law, in terms of the life conditions of detainees, guarantee a decent life for them, and investigate the violations committed against detainees, especially the leader detainee Marwan Barghouthi.

Fares emphasized on the importance of developing the American and European attitudes, especially regarding the crimes committed by Israel such as the policy of forcible hide practiced against detainees of Gaza, in order to put pressure on Israel to stop the series of crimes against detainees, which led to the martyrdom of 14 detainees since the beginning of war.

Fares pointed out that these crimes would not last for 6 months unless the presence of this fascist government, in which the terrorist Itamar Ben Gvir serves as a minister of National Security, in addition to the international silence and the unconcern of the influential states in the world.

Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons are living difficult conditions since the beginning of war, as Israel took measures to take revenge of the Captive Movement by torturing detainees, isolating them from the outside world, preventing family and lawyers visits, and committing crimes against humanity, as well as imposing retaliatory sanctions against them.

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

? *The occupation authorities issued a decision to release detainee Hiba Zaid with a bail of 7000 NIS*

Ramallah- The military court of Ofer issued a decision to release detainee Hiba Saleh Zaid, 34, from Dair Ammar refugee camp/ Ramallah, with a bail of 7000 NIS.

The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club stated that Zaid has been arrested in 12/3/2024, from a military checkpoint, under claims of incitement on social media.

The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club confirmed that the Israeli authorities escaped detention operations unprecedentedly since October 7 under the charge of incitement, noting that there is no precise definition of the “incitement”. However, detention against women has increased lately under the charge of incitement, as most of women detainees are held under the same charge, and if the Israeli occupation authorities could not accuse them with incitement they got sentenced to administrative detention.

It is worth mentioning that there are currently (71) women detainees held in Israeli prisons, including (7) from Gaza. Moreover, there are many women detainees from Gaza held in military camps under the policy of forcible hide, and there is no clear information about their numbers or identities.

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Commission of Detainees Affairs: (118) detainees are currently held in Itzion detention center

March 27, 2024

The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs stated that (188) Palestinian detainees are held in Itzion detention center, some of them are held since more than 40 days.

The Commission emphasized, according to advocate’s visit, that life conditions in the detention center are cruel and complicated, and there are new penalties and bad practices which coincide with the designation of a new Israeli officer as a supervisor to Itzion detention center. His arrival was accompanied by new retaliatory procedures and instructions.

The supervisor issued new decisions , including the prevention of detainees’ belongings and underwears, and reducing the amount of food. All of them suffer from constipation and were forced to drink hot water from bathrooms.

The Commission pointed out that the spread of diseases among detainees , such as eczema, acne and other dermatosis, occurred due to lack of hygiene, shampoo, soap and sanitizers, and the overcrowding had bad consequences in spreading infection between detainees.

The commission stated that the supervisor officer tried to disrupt the visit, as it was supposed to start the advocate’s visit at 12:00 pm, but it was delayed for an hour, claiming it time for soldiers’ lunch. The visit was conducted in a cold room, and detainees attended handcuffed.

Details: Category: News; Published: 26 March 2024; Hits: 223

21 sick detainees are currently held in the so-called “clinic of Al Ramla prison”

March 26, 2024

The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs stated that the IPS is deliberately violating detainees’ rights, especially sick ones and intended to ignore their critical health conditions, abstaining from providing the appropriate medication, which led to the deterioration of theirs health conditions. The Commission emphasized that health conditions of sick detainees is very critical, as they live in new circumstances since October 7, and were exposed to intense beat, torture and deprivation of medicine and treatment. The commission said there should be an urgent intervention to give detainees their rights and provide them with the appropriate medical care on a regular basis. The commission warns of the failure of international community towards detainees, especially sick ones, and it is time to force Israel be obliged to international laws and norms. It is worth mentioning that the Israeli authorities are holding more than 800 sick detainees, including 300 who have chronic diseases and 30 cancer cases.

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Brief on detention campaigns carried out in the West Bank since October 7 until March

. Total number of arrests: (7770) in the West Bank

. Women: (250) 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: (500) children have been arrested . Journalists: (63) journalists have been arrested, (42) of them are still under arrest, and (23) sentenced to administrative detention . More than (4400) 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. . (13) detainees martyred in Israeli prisons after the 7th of October ( Omar Daraghmeh from Tubas, Arafat Hamdan from Ramallah, Majed Zaqqul from Gaza, the fourth martyr is unknown, Abdulrahman Maree from Salfit, Thaer Abu Assab from Qalqilia and Abdulrahman Bahsh from Nablus, Muhammad Sabbar from Hebron, Khaled Shawish from Tubas, Ezz Al-deen banna from Gaza, Assef Refae from Ramallah, Ahmad Qdaih and Jumaa Abu Ghnaimeh, in addition to Muhammad Abu Snaineh, who martyred in Hadassa Hospital.

*The Israeli media announced the martyrdom of detainees from Gaza in Sadeh Timan military camp, and also announced the martyrdom of 27 detainees from Gaza lately*

*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.

- the total number of detainees in Israeli prisons stands at (9100) including more than (3558) administrative detainees and (793) detainees from Gaza who were classified as illegal fighters.

Details: Category: News; Published: 25 March 2024; Hits: 235

The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs publishes the details of rearresting the released detainee Walaa Tanja

The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs declared, based on the advocate’s visit to Damoun prison, that the Israeli forces rearrested Walaa Tanja, 28, from Nablus, who was released by the last exchange deal (Gaza War) , after spending a year and half in Israeli prisons. The advocate quoted the detainee: “I got arrested by special forces while I was in my way back from Nablus to Tulkarem with my cousin in 12/3/2024. . They attacked us and pointed their guns at us, and they were shouting “terrorist”. The commander of Nablus area said ‘you came to me before, today you will come with me to prison to see your brother’. Then, they handcuffed and blindfolded us and took us to a military camp, and left us in the yard of the camp in the cold weather until 5:00 am”. Afterwards, Walaa has been transferred to a cell in Sharon prison until 10:00 pm, and then to Damoun prison where she was exposed to stripped search. She confirmed that she remained fasting for two days before getting to Damoun prison. It is worth mentioning that she is the daughter of the martyr Latifa Abu Draa’, who martyred in 2018, after spending 8 years in prison, as she was released by an exchange deal in 2011.

Details: Category: News; Published: 24 March 2024; Hits: 212

Detainee Meshaal loses memory due to extreme torture

The Commission of Detainees Affairs published the details of brutal attack against detainees Anas Meshaal, who were subjected to intense beat during his arrest, as the series of attacks continued while being in prison. The advocate of the Commission stated that the Israeli forces invaded the house of detainee Meshaal in 26/10/2023, in Kobar village/ Ramallah, but he wasn’t home and they gave his family an arrest warrant to surrender himself. He went on the same day to Ofer prison gate and surrendered himself. He was taken to the courtyard of Ofer prison and attacked by soldiers with intense beat, then he was transferred to Itzion detention center and exposed to torture again. He remained there for two days and then moved back to Ofer. Quoting Meshaal: “the Mitsada special forces invaded the section in 8/11/2023, who attacked 32 detainees in the section by shooting rubber bullets as all of them got injured including me. Afterwards, they took all detainees to a courtyard and beaten them again, where they hit me on the head and stepped on my head with their shoes, as a result, I lost my memory completely for more than a week”. The advocate said that the detainee started to remember few things after a week, he can only recognize his wife, children and parents, but he does not remember incidents or his place of residence. Meshaal is married and a father of two. He is sentenced to 6 months of administrative detention ends by 24/4/2024, and he was a former detainee and spent 12 years and a half in Israeli prisons.

Details: Category: News; Published: 21 March 2024; Hits: 241

Mother’s Day in time of genocide

The Israeli occupation is depriving (28) mothers of their sons

March 21, 2024

Ramallah
The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club stated that (28) mothers out of (67) detainees held in Israeli prisons are deprived of their families and children, including detainees’ mothers, wives, sisters and former detainees who spent many years in Israeli prisons, in addition to a martyr’s mother, the detainee Fatima Shamali, and a wounded detainee Rana Eid.

The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club said in a joint statement on the occasion of Mother’s Day, which coincides with the continuous genocide in Gaza, and led to the martyrdom of thousands of mothers and children, that thousands of children were deprived of their mothers, and thousands of mothers are deprived of their children. Besides, there are many mothers from Gaza who are detained in Israeli camps and the Israeli government is pursuing the policy of forcible hide against them. It is worth mentioning that the occupation forces implemented collective detention campaigns against women from Gaza after October 7, including mothers and grandmothers, and currently there are 4 women detainees from Gaza in Israeli prisons.

In the light of the horrible crimes committed against the Palestinian mothers, this day is not only for celebrating the exceptional sacrifices of the Palestinian mothers, who face killing displacement, detention and threats since decades, but also it is a day that reflects the unprecedented level of crimes implemented after October 7, which are still carried out by Israel with the support of international powers. The whole world are celebrating this days in their own way, excluding the Palestinian mothers, in the light of the absence of a real international will to end the occupation and stop its escalated crimes.

The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club emphasized that the occupation authorities escalated crimes and torture at different levels against women detainees including mothers, which has been reflected in tens of testimonies documented by competent authorities, in addition to testimonies documented by the legal team over the past months, as the majority of women detainees are held in Damoun prison.

Crimes and violations committed by the Israeli occupation against Palestinian women including mothers were unprecedented, as they have been arrested as hostages to put pressure on their husbands to surrender themselves, held in cruel conditions, attacked during detention campaigns, exposed to field interrogation and sexual assault, besides to medical crimes against sick ones.

The majority of detained mothers were arrested under the charge of incitement or administrative detention. In this context, the commission and the prisoner’s club said that in spite of our recurrent calls over the past decades to stop the systematic crimes of the occupation, no one responded. We recall upon international feminists organizations to take their humane and ethical responsibilities and stop the terrible crimes committed against Palestinian women, especially detainees in Israeli prisons.

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Martyrdom of detainee Jumaa Abu Ghnaimeh in the Israeli prisons

The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club confirmed the martyrdom of detainee Jumaa Abu Ghnaimeh,26, from Naqab city in the lands occupied in 1948, after 5 days of announcing the deterioration of his health condition and transferring him from Ishil prison to an Israeli hospital. The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club stated that he was arrested on December under the charge of resisting the occupation. By his martyrdom, the number of detainees martyred in Israeli prisons after October 7 due to torture increased to (13).

The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club pointed out that the occupation authorities announced the martyrdom of Gaza detainees in military camps but refused to reveal their identities, in the light of pursuing the policy of forcible hide against the detainees from Gaza. By the martyrdom of Abu Ghnaimeh, the number of Captive Movement martyrs increased to (250) at least. It is worth mentioning that the total number of detainees in Israeli prisons stands at (9100), including (3558) administrative detainees.

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The continuation of the medical ignorance policy against sick detainees in Ofer prison

The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs warned of the continuation of the policy of medical ignorance implemented by the IPS in dealing with Palestinian detainees, and depriving them of treatment and medication, which increased the number of sick detainees and led to the deterioration in their health conditions. In this context, the commission stated according to the visit of the lawyer to Ofer prison, that detainee (A. S) from the city of Nablus, was arrested from his house while being injured by remnants of soldiers, causing him laceration in the pelvic area. He was transferred to Rafedia Hospital after his injury but he did not complete his treatment due to the difficulty of field conditions in the city and then he went back to his home. Then, he was arrested and trans to Wolfson Hospital in Israel, where he was about to be assassinated by a settler but the medical staff rescued him. Afterwards, he was transferred to the clinic of Alramla prison, but the IPS refused to treat him and attacked him with intense beat and moved him to Ofer prison. He was sentenced to 6 months of Administrative Detention and suffers from medical ignorance. Another case in point is detainee (H. A), who suffers from pain in the stomach and enlarged kidney, and he vomits blood. He lost 20 kgs of his weight and his health condition is deteriorating due to the lack of medication, which coincides with malnutrition and cold weather. He was sentenced to 6 months of administrative detention. The commission called for an immediate international intervention from the WHO, to stop the medical crimes committed against our detainees.

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*Fares: “ Israel’s practices after October 7 revealed its fascist tendencies”*

*March 12, 2024*

The head of the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, Qaddura Fares, stated “the scenes of destruction, killings, incursions and fascist activities that target all Palestinian cities, especially Gaza, revealed the real tendencies of Isreal, which practices all kinds of fascist crimes against the Palestinian people”. This statement came during receiving a political delegation from the UNESCO, the deputy director of political department Mr. Gregory Rax, and the chiefs in the political sector Mr.Dain Calacas and Bassam Mahu, as they discussed the Palestinian issues, focusing on the cause of detainees and the policy of slow killing practiced against them. Fares illustrated that what is being practiced against Palestinian detainees is unprecedented, and the extent of attacks and assaults threaten their lives. Fares emphasized that the information on the conditions in prisons since October 7 reflects the occupation’s faith in crime, as Israel pursued the policy of collective punishment deliberately against detainees and their families, where they intended to destroy house belongings and attacking them in a brutal manner. Fares narrated information on male and female detainees in terms of the cruel conditions imposed on them, crimes committed against them in addition to the policy of starvation, where each detainee lost 10 kgs of his weight. Moreover, he stated that detainees where subjected to beating, torture and executions, deprivation of using canteen and going to the prison’s courtyard, deprivation of medicine and suspension of family and lawyers visits. He expressed his disappointment from the attitude of the international community, as all of us witnessed the uprising erupted for the sake of Ukraine, which gained international resolutions on its favor. At the same time, the international community kept silent and did not move to put an end to the Israeli crimes. On the contrary , there were many initiatives to help Israel in its genocide against Gaza. Fares called on the UNESCO through the delegation, to take a real action towards the Palestinian people in general and detainees in particular, as peace is a demand for people all over the world, and Palestinians are part of this system and deserve to live as all people around the world. This requires practical steps from the UNISCO and all bodies of the United Nations.

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Testimonies reveal the brutality of the occupation in dealing with our detainees

March 12, 2024

The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs stated that the occupation authorities implemented a massive campaign of arrests afflicted many citizens in different cities. Arrest campaigns conducted by Israeli special forces and police officers were accompanied by brutal attacks against detainees who have been transferred later to interrogation centers. The Commission emphasized that arrests have been implemented at midnight, where Israel special forces intended to invade people’s houses in a violent manner, destroyed the houses belonging and intimidated the wanted people and their families. In the same context, the Commission documented many testimonies to detainees held in Megiddo prison, who were exposed to the most violent torture. Case in point is detainee (A. N) who was arrested after being handcuffed and blindfolded, and beaten severely all over his body. He was moved to Huwara camp for 24 hours and then to Megiddo prison. Another case in point is detainee (W. N) who has been arrested from his home after being exposed to intense beating by the Israeli soldiers. He was handcuffed and blindfolded during his way to interrogation center, and exposed to severe beating as bruises appeared on his body. The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs condemned these attacks carried out against our detainees, emphasizing that this method contradicting international agreements and treaties which guarantee human rights.

The following sick detainees are held in the so- called clinic of Alramla prison

Fact sheet issued by Detainees’ Institutions on the occasion of “Palestinian Prisoner’s Day” coinciding April 17

detention campaigns carried out in the West Bank since October 7

Announcement on central events of the “Palestinian Prisoner’s Day” On April 17, 2024

Invitation to attend and cover a press conference tomorrow

The struggle history of the leader detainee Marwan Barghouthi

Statement issued by the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club on the 22nd memorial of detention for the leader detainee Marwan Barghouthi April 15, 2024

The Israeli occupation continues to chase and arrest liberated women detainees

?Issued by the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club ? The martyrdom of detainee Walid Daqqa (Abu Milad) after serving 38 years in Israeli prisons

During his meeting with the Head of Political team of the British Council Fares: Britain should take a clear position on the Israeli aggression against Palestinian people and detainees

Brief on detention campaigns carried out in the West Bank since October 7 until March 31/3/2025

Fares greets the US State Department call to comply with the disciplines of International Law

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

Commission of Detainees Affairs: (118) detainees are currently held in Itzion detention center