The leader detainee Hussam Ruzzah was subjected to 4 assassination attempts since launching the war in Gaza

May 6, 2024

The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs stated that detainee Hussam Ruzzah, 67, from Nablus, leader in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was exposed to torture and humiliation four times in an attempt to kill him.

The advocate of the Commission, who visited Jelboa prison, confirmed that Ruzzah attended the visit leaning on a crutch and walking hard, as he suffers from intense pains , due to severe attacks by masked jailers and soldiers without taking into account his health conditions, which made him unable to walk alone.

He said: “the jailer cursed me and my sister without any reason or justification, so I replied to the insult. Suddenly, the commander officer came accompanied by 5 masked soldiers and took me out of the room, started to beat me for more than quarter-hour and then attacked me in a brutal manner. I couldn’t stand up due to severe pain and I suffer from walking difficulty until this day. They took the muscular corset as a means of punishment and left me without medication”.

He added: “the same officer came into my room with many soldiers in 5/4/2024, attacked me abruptly and beat me three times in the same day. They continued the series of torture in 30/4/2024, as they invaded my room and harassed me in front of my colleagues”.

It is worth noting that Ruzzah is a former detainee, who spent more than 18 years in Israeli prison, in which he conducted many hunger strikes, got isolated many times and sentenced to many sanctions. He got rearrested on October 2023, and sentenced to administrative detention.

The IPS pursues the isolation of detainee Qaderi since 32 months

April 22, 2024

The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs emphasized that the IPs pursued its crime against detainee Yaqoub Qaderi ,51, from Bir Albasha village/ Jenin, detained since 2003 and sentenced to life imprisonment, where he is still isolated since 32 months, precisely since he escaped with five of his colleagues from Jelboa prison and walked around cities of Palestine for several days.

The Commission illustrated that the retaliatory policy practiced against detainee Qaderi started since the first moment of arrest, but it was escalated with launching the retaliatory measures against all detainees on October 7. He got transferred several times between the cells of Ohelekdar, Ashkelon and Remonim prisons, where jailers intended to curse him and threaten him to be killed, and that he would get out of prison in a black plastic bag.

The Commission demonstrated that extending the isolation of Qaderi came according to a decision of a military court, as the session was held on April 7, issuing a decision to extend his isolation for additional 6 months, despite his suffering from several diseases in the thyroid, high cholesterol, hypertension, toothache, headache and continuous pain in the abdomen and hands and continuous fatigue. The IPS allowed the advocate to visit him for 15 minutes, after a long argument with the administration of the IPS.

Regarding the general situation in Remonim prison, Qaderi said “the conditions are very difficult and complicated as all prisons, where cells are inspected on a daily basis, hot water is available for 10 minutes, the electrical supply from 6:00 pm until dawn. We are deprived of clothes and covers, food is bad, going to the courtyard is only for one hour and all jailers are masked. Qaderi is isolated with detainees Ali Abu Baker and Qusai Maree”.

It is worth mentioning that the detainee Qaderi is one of the heroes who were able to escape from Jelboa prison, as they succeeded after a year of planning with his colleagues: Zakaria Zubaidi, Muhammad Arda and Mahmoud Arda, Ayham Kamamji and Monadel Enfaiat.

Sick detainees in Ramla prison between medical crimes and the mercy of heaven

May 4, 2024

It’s the exact description of sick detainees held at the so-called Ramla prison’s clinic, in which medical crimes, humiliation, torture and violations are committed. They only have to wait for the heaven’s mercy, and they will either survive with the help of fate or they will be included in list of occupation’s victims.

The advocate of the Commission, who visited the prison the day before yesterday, stated that sanctions imposed against detainees in general are also applied against sick detainees with some inhumane and unethical practices, as jailers take advantage of detainees’ diseases and injuries to place them in a complicated and hazardous environment, in which the is a real threat to their lives.

The commission emphasized “all occupational measures were imposed on them by the IPS after October 7, represented in handcuffing and blindfolding detainees on their way to meet the advocate and on their way back, without taking into consideration their health conditions, which forced detainees to take a decision not to meet the advocate or receive medical treatment.

Moreover, the IPS made a decision to halt the physiotherapy for wounded detainees and prevented the special food served for sick detainees who have diseases in stomach and the digestive system.
Furthermore, the IPS prevented detainees from using the pay phone, which was used to communicate with their families, and the rooms of sick detainees were turned into cells, which lack the minimum essentials of medical care”.

The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs revealed that the vast majority of sick detainees held at Ramla prison’s clinic are from Gaza Strip, who were arrested, shot and tortured by the Israeli soldiers.

115 detainees in Itzion detention center encounter death every day

April 30, 2024

The advocate of the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs confirmed that it goes an upward curve to the worst in Itzion detention center, in which 115 detainees are held,since October 7, as it witnesses retaliatory suppressive measures.

Soldiers intend to break into rooms for inspection, knock on iron doors to prevent detainees from sleeping, cursing, threats, attacks and beating without any reason.

Moreover, the IPS uses food as a means of torture and slow killing against detainees, who lost weight and their bodies became vulnerable. They serve cold food in small quantities, one slice of bread for two detainees and two eggs for 12 detainees.

In a protest against these measures, detainees returned their meals to put pressure on the IPS to back down from these measures, but in vain.

Besides the above, soldiers took all towels and threw them in the garbage, so detainees wouldn’t be able to bathe.

The advocate of the commission stated that detainee Yousef Dar Aldeek, from Kufr Ne’meh/ Ramallah, will start a hunger strike soon if he is not transferred from Itzion, as he is held there since 70 days. He is sentenced to 6 months of administrative detention, noting that the majority of detainees are not aware of their administrative detention sentences or the its period.

Regarding detainees Amer Baajawi from Jenin, they brought him carried to the visit room as he can’t walk alone due to his injury during a previous invasion to Jenin. He was shot in the neck, chest, leg and face, where he suffers from a bad health condition and his colleagues help him. However, the IPS ignores his health condition deliberately and only gives him painkillers, whereas he needs intensive medical care.

(120) detainees held in Itzion detention center, suffering from complicated life conditions

April 21, 2024

The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs stated that Itzion detention center witnesses an overcrowding in all rooms, as (120) detainees are currently held there, and new detainees are getting held on a daily basis.

The Commission emphasized that the detainees held in Itzion detention center are from different cities of the West Bank, and suffer from complicated health conditions, in addition to the cold weather, starvation, humiliating, daily attacks, room invading, cursing, provoking and blackmail.

Detainees narrated the terrible details happened at the Eid night: “the night of Fitr Eid was one of the worst nights ever, as special forces invaded our rooms while being asleep without any reason. They took us to the courtyard of the prison and forced us to kneel on the ground, the soldiers dragged us in a violent way and cursed us. They inspected our rooms and threw the mattress and covers on the ground “.

Itzion detention center is located on a mountain between Hebrew and Bethlehem, where the weather is very cold, and it is near a training center for the army. Itzion center has 8 rooms, and each room accommodates 15 detainees. Rooms and courtyard have surveillance cameras.

The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs warns of the risks resulting from ignoring the treatment of minor detainee Wasim Nassar

May 2, 2024

The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs warned of ignoring the health condition of wounded minor detainee Wasim Nassar, 16, from Hebron, who is currently held in section “13” in Ofer prison.

The advocate of the commission was able to visit him and check on his health condition, as he was shot in his right leg during arrest and transferred to Soroka Hospital, and had a surgery. Then he got transferred to Ofer prison.

The advocate stated that he had implants of platinum in his leg to fix the fragmentation, and he still suffers severe pain and does not receive any medication.

The Commission stressed on the necessity for medical and human rights organizations to practice pressure in order to provide detainee Nassar with the appropriate medical care, not leaving him to the hatred of jailers.

*Arbitrary measures and vindictive sanctions practiced by the administration of Megiddo Prison against detainees*

April 23, 2024

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs confirmed that the Israeli occupation state breached international laws and agreements in dealing with Palestinian detainees, especially the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions, which include obvious articles concerning detainees of a national liberation movements and the mechanisms of treating them in terms of their rights related to health and living conditions.

The Commission confirmed in a statement issued today that the series of vindictive and abusive measures practiced against detainees after October 7 are considered awful war crimes, and that the perpetrators should be held responsible. These crimes were based on the denial of the Palestinian detainee’s humanity and unleashed the occupation system to launch its brutality, which appeared on the bodies of liberated detainees, who got exhausted by starvation, beating, cold weather and deprivation.

In a related context, the commission pointed out, based on the advocate’s visit to Megiddo Prison, that detainees have talked about the difficulty of their daily life since launching the war on Gaza, as detention conditions became intolerable at all levels, for instance:

. All rooms are overcrowded, and each room has 6 beds and accommodates 14 detainees

. Deliberate medical neglect, and there are many detainees with chronic diseases who are not given medication.

. Detainees are only allowed to own the clothes they wear; they have to wash them and wait for them to dry.

. The food is bad in both quantity and quality, as they have nothing else to eat inside the room, and the amount of food given to the detainees in the rooms is distributed with a spoon

. Detainees complain of the severe cold in the prison, especially since the windows have been removed.

. Detainees are deprived of using books, paper, and pens, and any detainee who asks for paper and a pen is subjected to beating.

The commission call on the International Community and its human rights organizations to intervene immediately and break their silence to save Palestinian detainees and to ensure that this failure will not continue.

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.