Injured detainee Mutaz Masri suffers from deliberate medical neglect in Ofer prison

Commission of Detainees’ Affairs

The majority of detainees in Israeli prisons suffer from fatigue and weight loss

Some detainees fainted and didn’t receive medical examinations

Detainees held in Megiddo prison suffer from difficult detention conditions

Detainee Mahdi Abu Sharifa, 32, from Jalazon camp/Ramallah, suffers from scabies and deprived of medical treatment and clothes

Detainee Muhammad Abu Moamar, 33, from Ramallah, suffers from skin disease due to deprivation of clothes

Detainee Ayman Salameh, 31, from Nablus, suffers from degrading treatment, as he was subjected to intense beat and handcuffing during interrogation

Occupation denies temporary release of Palestinian female detainee to mourn father's death
February 9, 2025

Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) and Commission of Detainees' Affairs

Ramallah, Palestine - The father of Palestinian female political prisoner Shaden Qous has unexpectedly passed away in a tragic accident. Shaden, a Jerusalemite, has been held behind bars for just over a month, since 6/1/2025. She was first detained at The Russian Compound detention center (al-Mascobiyeh) where she was interrogated before being transferred to the Damon central women’s prison. She has not yet been charged with any kind of offense under Israel’s oppressive military court system, which is run by occupation soldiers. Shaden is a student at Birzeit University and a professional dancer.

The Israeli occupation has historically never allowed a Palestinian detainee to be released temporarily on compassionate grounds to attend a family member’s funeral, as a matter of policy. Israel uses its power to rid Palestinian prisoners of bidding their loved ones farewell as a form of psychological and emotional torture. Since the genocide in Gaza, dozens of Palestinian detainees - particularly those from Gaza - lost their family members in Israel’s onslaught, and were forbidden from seeing them for the last time.

Palestinian political prisoners must be afforded the human right to mourn the loss of their loved ones with their families. The current conditions for Palestinian prisoners are the worst in history. Dozens of detainees are being killed behind bars, many in obscure circumstances involving severe torture and ill-treatment. The more time passes with thousands of Palestinians in the custody of the occupation, the greater the risk to their lives and fates.

Sick detainee Mohammad Ghanem suffers from systematic medical neglect in Israeli prisons

🔴 Two more Palestinian Detainees Martyred in Occupation’s Custody

January 29, 2025

Ramallah, Palestine – Two Palestinian political prisoners arrested from Gaza have been martyred in the Israeli occupation’s custody, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association announced today after receiving confirmation from the occupation army.

35-year-old Mohammad Sharif al-Asali was martyred on May 17, 2024, while 25-year-old Ibrahim Adnan Ashour was martyred on June 23, 2024. Both of their bodies are still being withheld by occupation forces.

Mohammad al-Asali is a husband and father-of-four. He was arrested from al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza during the Israeli occupation’s assault in March 2024. His family later learned that he was being held in Asqalan Prison. He had no chronic health problems prior to his arrest according to his family. During the genocide, all of his siblings were martyred, and only his father survived.

As for the martyred detainee Ashour, he was arrested on February 14, 2024, from Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Like al-Asali, he had no known chronic health issues.

Prisoner defense groups submitted multiple requests to visit Ashour thinking he was in Ofer Prison, to no avail. The occupation’s last response was that he was in interrogation and could not be visited. Even though Ashour was killed back in June, occupation authorities did not inform the lawyers until more than six months later. In most of its responses, the occupation claims that the interrogation is ongoing, in an attempt to evade any accountability.

The Commission and the PPS explained that with the martyrdom of al-Asali and Ashour, the number of identified martyred detainees in Israeli prisons since the beginning of the genocide has risen to 58 people, at least 37 of whom were arrested from Gaza. This is the highest number in history, marking this period as the bloodiest in the history of the Palestinian prisoners' movement since 1967. The total number of known martyrs since 1967 now stands at 295 people, with dozens more detainees from Gaza still subject to enforced disappearance.

We hold the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the martyrdom of al-Asali and Ashour. Prisoner institutions reiterate their call to the international human rights system to take effective decisions to hold the leaders of the occupation accountable for the war crimes they continue to carry out against the Palestinian people. We demand sanctions against the occupation that would isolate it internationally and restore the core role of the human rights system, which was established for this purpose. They also called for an end to the exceptional immunity that colonial states have granted Israel, treating it as above accountability, punishment, and justice.

■ Update on the number of Palestinian political prisoners for the month of February 2025, noting that this data does not include all detainees from Gaza

■ More than 10,000 Palestinian political prisoners
■ Female prisoners: 15 women, including three identified female prisoners from Gaza.
■ Children: No less than 365 minors.
■ Administrative detainees (held without trial or charge): 3369 people
■ Detainees from Gaza classified by the occupation’s prison administration as “illegal combatants”: 1802 people.

Commission of Detainees’ Affairs & the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society

*58 Palestinian detainees martyred after Gaza genocide*

Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) & Commission of Detainees' Affairs

January 29, 2025

Ramallah, Palestine - With the martyrdom of the two Palestinian political prisoners, Mohammad Al-Asali and Ibrahim Ashour from Gaza, the total number of identified martyred detainees has risen to 58 people, including 37 martyrs from Gaza. There are dozens more unidentified martyred detainees from Gaza who are subject to enforced disappearances in Israel's custody and whom it refuses to provide information on.

The killing of Al-Asali and Ashour brings the total number of identified martyred Palestinian detainees since 1967, to 295 people. There are 67 martyred detainees whose bodies are being withheld, including 56 people since the start of the genocide.

Commission of Detainees’ Affairs

The Policy of Deliberate Medical Neglect

A ghost haunts sick detainees held in Ofer Prison