Deportation of Two Jerusalemite Prisoners Signals Broader Targeting and Forced Displacement Amounting to War Crimes & Crimes Against Humanity

Commission of Detainees Affairs & Palestinian Prisoner’s Society

February 11, 2026

Ramallah, occupied Palestine - The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society stated that the occupation authorities’ decision to deport two Jerusalemite prisoners, one of whom is a released prisoner, constitutes a dangerous prelude to targeting thousands of prisoners and former prisoners in occupied Jerusalem and the 1948-occupied territories, whether holders of Israeli citizenship or Jerusalem ID cards.

The decision is based on a racist law — the Citizenship and Residency Revocation Law approved by the occupation in 2023 — which is considered one of the most prominent discriminatory legislations aimed at undermining the Palestinian presence in the territories occupied in 1948 and in occupied Jerusalem. Occupation leaders, foremost among them “Netanyahu,” who signed this decision, do not hide their intention to displace and deport Palestinians. Rather, they openly declare their commission of crimes before the eyes and ears of the world, and even compete in doing so.

The two institutions explained that deportations under this discriminatory law are carried out either to the occupied West Bank or to the Gaza Strip. According to the families of the two prisoners, they did not receive any official notification; instead, they learned through media reports about the revocation of citizenship and residency and the issuance of the deportation order.

The Commission and the PPS indicated that this dangerous precedent marks the foundation of a new phase in targeting prisoners and released prisoners in Jerusalem and the 1948-occupied territories, within the framework of a systematic policy that has targeted them and their families through various tools — foremost among them discriminatory legislation affecting different aspects of their lives — with the aim of forcible transfer by tightening restrictions on them using all the tools and policies available to the occupation system.

The two institutions affirmed that Jerusalemites have, even prior to the crime of genocide, faced an escalating series of Israeli policies that constitute a continuation of the Nakba against them. The pace of arrests, demolitions, seizures and confiscations has increased, in addition to deportation orders affecting thousands, particularly from Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surroundings. They added that heavy taxes, fines, and financial penalties estimated at millions of shekels annually, along with organized terror, all constitute tools of systematic forced displacement.

The Commission of Detainees Affairs and the PPS considered that the initiation of implementing this law, along with the occupation’s intention to expand its scope of application, represents a new tool of forced displacement under legal cover.

The two institutions renewed their call on UN bodies to end the state of systematic paralysis regarding the escalating Israeli crimes, which they said represent an extension of the crime of genocide through the collective targeting of Palestinian civilians, the destruction of the foundations of their lives, and pushing them toward forced displacement.

They also stressed that deportation is among the most dangerous of these tools, as it constitutes a crime amounting to a war crime and a crime against humanity under the Geneva Conventions and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Critical health conditions and violent crackdowns against detainees in “Negev” Prison

February 3, 2026

The Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs stated in a report released today, Tuesday, following a visit by its attorney, that a number of detainees held in “Negev” Prison are suffering from serious medical conditions.

Among them is detainee Izz al-Din Abu Hamdi (25) from the city of Jenin, who has an injury to his left eye dating back to 2012, which led to loss of vision. After undergoing several surgeries, his eyesight was restored. However, since his arrest, the detainee has been subjected to violent assaults, during which he was beaten on the head and eye, causing him to lose vision once again in his left eye and suffer severe visual impairment in his right eye.
As a consequence, the detainee has fallen repeatedly, injuring his head, back, and knees while heading to the bathroom.
The detainee also complains of intense head pain during the night, forcing him to cry out and moan due to the severity of the pain.
Despite the detainee’s blindness and his urgent need for medical treatment, the prison administration deliberately neglects his condition and fails to provide him with the necessary care.

Meanwhile, detainee Rami Abu Khalil (37) from Nablus suffers from a curvature of the spine. In addition, his medical eyeglasses were broken, and the prison administration refuses to provide him with a replacement. He also suffers from a torn meniscus in his left knee prior to his arrest and was supposed to undergo surgery, but his detention prevented that.

As for detainee Mohammad Waked (47) from the village of Arqa/Jenin, he suffers from inflammation and pain in the chest area as a result of being assaulted by the “Keter” units, who shot him with two rubber bullets at point-blank range.

The detainee said: “Last Tuesday, on 21/1/2026, prisoners in Section 3 of ‘Negev’ Prison were subjected to a brutal crackdown by the ‘Keter’ unit, during which they were beaten and their ribs were broken.”
He added: “The detention conditions are extremely harsh. Since the war began and until now, there has been no improvement in living conditions. They are virtually non-existent, and the life the detainees are forced to endure is unfit (even for dogs).”
It is worth noting that the detainee is serving a 28-year prison sentence, of which he has already completed 25 years.

Detainee Mustafa Hossam Al-Din Abu Rayala,36 from Nablus

Three detainees in Megiddo Prison facing severe health conditions

February 8, 2026

Three detainees in Megiddo Prison are experiencing grave health conditions as a result of deliberate medical negligence by the Israel Prison Service administration, in addition to starvation, deprivation of water, verbal abuse, daily inspections, and the absence of basic personal care supplies.

In this regard, a lawyer from the Commission visited Megiddo Prison and monitored several critical medical cases, including:

Detainee Abdullah Mahmoud Mazhar, 25, from Balata Refugee Camp – Nablus, arrested on 25/09/2025 and held in administrative detention. He has been suffering for nearly two years from an injury to his left eye caused by shrapnel. Prior to his arrest, he relied on a cleansing eye drop on a daily basis; however, this medication is no longer provided, leaving him with a constant burning sensation in his left eye. He also suffers from an old injury to his right hand, where a metal plate was implanted, causing him intense pain. The prison administration refuses to provide him with painkillers on the grounds that he requires surgical intervention. His condition is further aggravated by the continuous use of iron shackles on his hand and his repeated exposure to repression.

Detainee Mohammad Sobhi Hamadneh, 42, from Nablus, detained since 1/8/2024, contracted in February of last year a virus similar to amoebiasis. As a result, he endured severe diarrhea and became unable to breathe normally or stand. His weight dropped to 37 kilograms, and his hemoglobin level reached 5. He later lost consciousness and was transferred to “Emek” Hospital, where he remained for 29 days. He was discharged at his own responsibility after being physically assaulted by a nurse.

Meanwhile, detainee Yaqoub Mahmoud Qadri, 53, from Bir al-Basha – Jenin, has been suffering from thyroid disorders for three years and is in need of surgery. He also complains of herniated discs in his lower back at the fourth and fifth vertebrae, as well as three herniated discs in his neck for more than twenty years, in addition to severe dental pain that requires referral to a dental clinic.
It is noteworthy that Qadri is one of the heroes of the Freedom Tunnel, and he has been detained since 18/10/2003.

Severe Detention Conditions in Negev Prison

February 3, 2025

The Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs stated in a report issued today that detainees in Negev Prison are enduring extremely harsh conditions.

During a visit by the Commission’s lawyer, detainees described the situation as “something the human mind cannot comprehend.”
In outlining their daily suffering, detainees reported being subjected to beatings, insults, and almost daily searches. They also indicated that most detainees are transferred to cells on a daily basis. Regarding food, they said that the portions provided are very limited.

The Israel Prison Service has imposed further restrictions by allowing detainees to have only one plate and one cup, in addition to enforcing heavy financial fines on detainees.

In the same context, detainee Mo’men Hossam al-Din Touqan, 36, from Jenin, who has been detained since July 8, 2025, is suffering from scabies and fungal infections across various parts of his body. The Negev Prison administration continues to refuse to provide him with the necessary medical treatment or even painkillers. The detainee is also experiencing malnutrition, having lost 15 kilograms of his weight.

Elderly Palestinian Political Prisoner Martyred in Israeli Occupation’s Prisons
Officials Disclose His Killing Three Months Late

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

January 11, 2026

Ramallah, occupied Palestine – Israeli occupation authorities have disclosed to Palestinian prisoner groups the martyrdom of the 67-year-old Palestinian political detainee Hamza Abdullah Abdulhadi Adwan who was abducted from the Gaza Strip in November 2024.

According to the response received by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, Adwan lost his life on September 9, 2025. The manner in which he was martyred remains unknown due to the information blackout that occupation authorities continue to impose on Palestinian detainees since the genocide in Gaza.

Adwan was a husband, and a father to nine children, two of whom were martyred prior to the genocide. According to his family, occupation forces arrested him despite his suffering from health problems, including heart disease, and despite his need for continuous medical care.

The PPS and the Commission noted that Adwan is one of over a hundred prisoners who have been killed in Israeli occupation prisons through torture including rape, starvation, medical crimes, since the beginning of the genocide, as well as other crimes involving deprivation, looting, humiliation, and detention in conditions that undermine human dignity.

This brings the total number of identified martyred Palestinian prisoners since the occupation of 1967 to 324 people.

Many of Gaza’s killed detainees remain forcibly disappeared, along with dozens who were executed in the field. Images of prisoners’ corpses delivered after the ceasefire provided conclusive evidence of the systematic executions carried out by the occupation army against detainees.

The PPS and the Commission hold occupation authorities fully responsible for the martyrdom of detainee Hamza Adwan and renewed their call to the international human rights system to take effective measures to hold the leaders of the occupation accountable for war crimes committed against prisoners and the Palestinian people. They urged an end to the impunity granted by the United States and other international powers to the Israeli occupation system over many decades, which reached its peak with the genocide, despite irrefutable evidence of the occupation’s commission of genocide against the people of Gaza, in addition to war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against prisoners.

In this context, the PPS and the Commission emphasized that the crimes that the Israeli prison system continues to commit against prisoners form an inseparable part of the genocide in Gaza. Through these crimes, the occupation system seeks to carry out slow executions, making this period the deadliest in the history of the Palestinian prisoners’ movement. This comes as the occupation seeks to legislate a law to execute Palestinian prisoners, turning extrajudicial executions into a codified and “legalized” policy.

It should be noted that the vast majority of Palestinian political prisoners are people who are held without trial or charge, either under arbitrary administrative detention or classified by the occupation authorities as “illegal combatants.” According to available data, as of January 2026, the number of prisoners in Israeli occupation prisons exceeds 9,300, including 3,385 people under administrative detention and 1,237 people classified as “illegal combatants,” meaning that the overwhelming majority of detainees are held without charges or trials.

🔴 Update on the Number of Political Prisoners in Israeli Occupation Prisons – February 2026
* These figures are based on information provided by prisoners’ institutions and on what was announced by the Israeli occupation’s Prison Service up to February 2026.
* The number of Palestinian political prisoners and detainees held in Israeli occupation prisons exceeded 9,300 people, as of the start of February 2026.
* Among them are 56 female prisoners, including two girls.
* The number of imprisoned children stands at 350 children, held by the occupation in Megiddo and Ofer prisons.
* The number of administrative detainees held without trial or charge has reached 3,358 people, the highest proportion among prisoners who are sentenced, detained, or classified as “unlawful combatants.”
* The number of detainees classified by the occupation as “unlawful combatants” held without trial or charge is 1,249 people. This figure does not include all Gaza detainees held in camps run by the occupation army and classified under this category. It is also noted that this classification includes Arab detainees from Lebanon and Syria.

Palestinian Prisoners’ Institutions

🔴 Israeli Occupation Fully Responsible For Martyrdom of Elderly Palestinian Political Prisoner One Week After His Release

Palestinian Prisoner’s Society & Commission of Detainees’ Affairs

February 2, 2026

Ramallah, occupied Palestine - The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) announced the martyrdom of freed Palestinian political prisoner and educator Khaled al-Saifi from Dheisheh Refugee Camp in Bethlehem, who was killed just one week after his release from Israeli occupation prisons.

Al-Saifi was released in an extremely critical medical condition, the direct result of systematic crimes committed against him during his most recent detention, which lasted four months under arbitrary administrative detention without trial or charge.

In a joint statement, the Commission and the PPS revealed that al-Saifi testified after his release that before his health sharply deteriorated and prior to his transfer from Ofer Prison to the so-called “Ramla Prison Clinic,” prison authorities injected him with a substance they claimed was an influenza vaccine. The injection caused severe inflammation and serious complications, after which he was given a second injection that further worsened his condition and necessitated his transfer to Ramla.

These facts provide clear evidence that the occupation deliberately targeted Al-Saifi for physical liquidation through a policy of “slow execution.” When prison authorities became certain that his health had irreversibly collapsed and that he was approaching death, they released him in an attempt to evade direct responsibility for his killing.

The two institutions affirmed that the martyr Khaled Al-Saifi—founder and director of the Ibda’a Cultural Foundation, and one of the most prominent cultural, social, and political figures in Dheisheh Camp—was a constant and deliberate target of the occupation. He was subjected to administrative detention twice since the start of the genocidal war, despite his advanced age, rapidly deteriorating health, and urgent need for medical care. This pattern confirms that his persecution was intentional and that the occupation was determined to eliminate him.

The Commission and the PPS further emphasized that al-Saifi had been repeatedly arrested since the 1980s and is one of thousands of former prisoners whose lives were consumed by arbitrary detention under Israel’s systematic administrative detention policy. This policy has reached unprecedented levels since the start of the genocide, with the number of administrative detainees now at its highest point in history. The occupation continues to imprison more than 3,380 administrative detainees, including women and children, without charge or trial, through the direct complicity of military courts that institutionalize this crime as one of the most dangerous tools of repression against Palestinians.

The two institutions stressed that the crimes committed against prisoners do not end at the prison gates. Their effects persist long after release, as the majority of freed prisoners—particularly in the current period—suffer from severe and often life-threatening physical and psychological conditions. Many require immediate and complex surgical interventions upon release, while others endure chronic illnesses and deep psychological trauma resulting from systematic torture, physical and sexual assaults, medical neglect, starvation, and policies that deliberately spread disease inside prisons.

Prisoners’ institutions held the occupation fully and unequivocally responsible for the martyrdom of Khaled Al-Saifi, affirming that he was deliberately killed. Since the start of the genocide, the occupation has killed more than 100 Palestinian political prisoners, with the identities of 87 of them officially announced by authorities. Dozens of martyrs from Gaza remain victims of enforced disappearance, as the occupation continues to conceal their fate. These crimes coincide with the actions of the extremist occupation government, which has openly adopted the execution of prisoners as a political program, advancing unprecedented legislation aimed at legalizing their execution.

In a final humanitarian gesture that embodied his steadfastness and moral clarity, the Commission and the PPS noted that the last request made by the martyr Khaled al-Saifi upon his release was to contact the families of Gaza prisoners, to reassure them about their ill sons detained in the Ramla Prison Clinic. He provided the phone numbers of their families—numbers he had memorized despite his suffering.

Glory to the martyrs
Freedom for the prisoners

Palestinian Prisoners’ Institutions Condemn the Crime of Storming Birzeit University Campus

January 6, 2025

Ramallah, occupied Palestine — Palestinian prisoners’ institutions strongly condemn the occupation forces’ storming of Birzeit University campus and their assault on the vigil called for by the student movement in solidarity with Palestinian political detainees held in occupation prisons, who are enduring harsh conditions of detention and systematic, escalating violations.

The incursion into the university campus—accompanied by the confiscation of student movement equipment, the firing of live ammunition and tear gas canisters, and the detention of the university’s Vice President for Academic Affairs—constitutes a blatant violation of the sanctity of educational institutions. It represents a direct and compounded attack on a range of fundamental rights, foremost among them freedom of opinion and expression and the freedom of trade-union and student activity, rights guaranteed under the rules of international law, particularly international human rights law.

Prisoners’ institutions affirm that these practices are not isolated incidents, but rather fall within the framework of a systematic colonial policy aimed at silencing the Palestinian voice, criminalizing acts of solidarity, and targeting educational spaces as central arenas of national and intellectual action. This occurs within the context of the comprehensive assault against the Palestinian people, including prisoners who have been facing extremely grave humanitarian conditions inside occupation prisons since the onset of the crime of genocide in Gaza.

Accordingly, prisoners’ institutions call upon the international community, as well as human rights and academic institutions around the world, to assume their legal and moral responsibilities and to take urgent action to condemn these serious violations, exert effective pressure on occupation authorities to halt their ongoing attacks on Palestinian universities, ensure protection for students and staff, and safeguard the right to expression and organization as an inseparable part of the right to freedom and human dignity.