Fares: “The occupation’s organizations operate within integrated group of gangs”

 

 February 29, 2024 

 

 The head of the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, Qaddura Fares, condemned the autopsy on the corpse of detainee Khalid Shaweesh by the Israeli authorities secretly. He added: “transferring the corpse of the martyr to the Institute of Forensic Medicine and conducting autopsy on his corpse, without abiding by the decision of the court on the existence of a doctor from the side of the martyr’s family, reinforces our narrative that he was exposed to severe beat, torture and dragged to the ground without taking into consideration his critical health condition”. 

 

 Fares stated: “ The unethical behavior of the occupation and its system, represented in manipulating the lives of detainees and committing field executions by torture and medical crimes provoke our discontent and dissatisfaction over the international community, as all of you are contributing to what happens to our detainees in Israeli prisons”. 

 

 Fares emphasized that the autopsy was conducted under integrated crime started and implemented by the Israeli army, and the judiciary system that did not adhere to the court’s decision, the Minister of Health that conducted the autopsy and the Ministry of Information which was secretive and did not publish any information. 

 

 Fares pointed out that what the martyr detainee al-Shaweesh experienced is identical to what the martyr detainee Thaer Abu Asab has gone through, as both were beaten, tortured, martyred, and underwent autopsy without the family doctor's presence. 

 

 Fares asked a series of questions to the international community: Do you now know how our detainees are killed? Do you know what we mean by the occupation system and its gangs? Do you know how civil institutions and Israeli ministries serve the occupation's fascist demands and plans? Do you know how they steal the skins of martyrs and detainees and their body organs? Isn't it time to break this disgraceful silence and deter the occupation?? It is worth mentioning that Shaweesh was arrested in 28/5/2007, and sentenced to life imprisonment and was exposed to medical ignorance over the years of his detention.

Escalating restrictions against detainees of Nafha prison 

 

 February 26, 2024 

 

 The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs published precise details on the conditions of detainees at Nafaha prison and the retaliatory punishments imposed against them since October 7. 

 The lawyer of the commission stated that the conditions of detainees at Nafaha prison are very complicated, as all detainees are still isolated and deprived of the minimum life elements. 

 Restrictions are represented in: 1. The IPS deals with detainees on a sadist basis, as they are exposed to repeated inspections, beating and humiliation, and they are forced to kneel. 2. 14 detainees are held in the same room, and half of them sleep on the ground die to lack of beds 3. ⁠detainees are prevented from going to the courtyard of the prison, and allowed to take bath for a short time 4. ⁠IPS confiscated electronic devices and detainees’ belongings 5. ⁠tge canteen is closed 6. ⁠poor quality and quantity of food 7. ⁠windows are kept opened which make it very cold in rooms 8. ⁠high fined are imposed against detainees 9. ⁠there is a lack of clothes 10. ⁠detainees are deprived of family visits 11. ⁠detainees are subjected to abuse, torture and severe physical attacks.

IPS pursues its fascist policies and attacks against detainees

 

 

 🔺Detainees in Etzion detention center face tragic conditions The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs stated today that detainees in Etzion detention center are confronting bad situations due to the ill treatment imposed against them, where (110) detainees are held there and suffer from the overcrowding, poor quantity of food, medical ignorance and continuous blackmail. The lawyer of the commission visited (33) detainees and confirmed that they are exposed to severe beating, torture and degrading treatment, and signs of torture and assault appear on their bodies. 

 🔺 The Commission pointed out that its lawyer Kareem Ajwa visited the leader detainee Zakaria Zubaidi, who is isolated in Ashkelon prison. Zubaidi said “the isolation cell is empty and I am not allowed to go to the prison’s courtyard, the food is very bad and I don’t have enough clothes, my cell is inspected everyday. They isolated me in Ashkelon since three weeks, and before that I was isolated in Remonim and Remon solitary confinement “.

 🔺 The Commission said that the occupation holds full responsibility towards the life of detainee Mohammad Tanji, who has difficult health conditions, as he was exposed to five attempts of assassination and has injuries in the shoulder and arm and fractures in the pelvis, now he is disabled and uses wheelchair.

Martyrdom of Detainee Assef Refae, who suffers from cancer, at Assaf Harofeh Hospital

 

Detainee Refae was exposed to a medical crime, where the occupation authorities deprived him of treatment and procrastinated seven months in his medical examinations

 

 

 

 The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club affirmed the martyrdom of the sick detainee Asef Refae, 22, from Kufr Ein/ Ramallah, after transferring him from the clinic of Al-Ramla prison to Assaf Hatofeh Hospital. He was arrested in 24/9/2022, in spite of his diagnosis of cancer, and he was injured by the Israeli soldiers several times, where the Israeli authorities threatened to assassinate him before detention. The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club pointed out that Refae was exposed to a medical crime by the occupation authorities, as they deprived him of getting a permit to enter Jerusalem for treatment, and pursued the crime by arresting him, procrastinating in conducting medical examinations and depriving him from taking medication for seven months. He was held at Ofer prison and then transferred to the clinic of Al-Ramla prison. It has been confirmed that the procrastination in his treatment led to the spread of cancer in different parts of his body, and this is based on medical reports conducted later. Refae is one of hundred sick detainees in Israeli prisons, who face medical crimes which have increased after October 7. The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club emphasized that the last family visit to Refae was on last September, before the war, and the last phone call with his family was three days before his martyrdom. The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club said Israel must hold full responsibility for his martyrdom and the fate of all sick detainees, besides to tens of injured detainees who got attacked and tortured after October 7. With the martyrdom of Refae, the number of martyrs of the Captive Movement raises to 11 after October 7: ( Omar Daraghmeh from Tubas, Arafat Hamdan from Ramallah, Majid Zaqqul from Gaza, Abdulrahman Maree from Salfit, Thaer Abu Assab from Qalqilia, Abdulrahman Bahsh from Nablus, Muhammad Sabbar from Hebron, Khalid Shawish from Tubas, Ezz Aldeen Banna from Gaza, Asef Refae from Ramallah and unknown detainee). The number of martyrs from the Captive Movement stands at (248) , in addition to several liberated detainees who martyred after release due to disease they get from prisons.

Martyrdom of Detainee Khaled Shawish at Nafaha prison

 

He is the brother of detainee Naser Shawish, who is sentenced to life sentence and the brother of the martyr Mousa Shawish

 

 Ramallah The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club announced the martyrdom of the leader detainee Khaled Mousa Jamal Shawish, 53, from Aqqaba village/ Tubas. He was one of tye leaders of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, and was exposed to gunshot by the Israeli army in 2001 which led to paralysis. He continued resisting the occupation after his injury until he got arrested in 2007 and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club stated in joint statement today that Shawish was subjected to several medical crimes over the years of his detention, as his health condition was a real evidence on medical crimes against sick detainees in Israeli jails, where he spent most of his detention in the so-called “clinic of Al-Ramla prison “, in which many of his colleagues had martyred over the past years. He has been transferred from the clinic to Remon prison and then transferred to Nafaha prison after the 7th of October. The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club confirmed that he was exposed to several crimes since his detention and faced a cruel interrogation at the beginning of his arrest, which led to the deterioration of his health condition. However, the IPS pursued giving him painkillers due to the severe pains he had. Years ago, he fell down from the wheelchair that led to breaking the platinum in his hand, and his health got worse after having a surgery in Soroka Hospital and had poisoning. The martyrdom of Shawish today confirms the grave danger faced by hundreds of sick detainees in Israeli jails, especially after October 7, in the light in escalating torture, abuse, hunger, isolation and medical ignorance, which was a main cause of the martyrdom of detainees over the past decades. The Commission and the Prisoner’s Club stated that the IPS holds full responsibility towards the martyrdom of the detainee Shawish, the ninth detainee to die after October 7 in the Israeli jails, besides the detainee Mohammad Abu Snainah, who passed away in Hadassa Hospital, raising the number of Captive Movement martyrs to (247).

Testimonies of detainees in Israeli prisons

 

Frequent attacks against detainees at Ofer prison

 

 🔺Special Forces intended to abuse two detainees by putting their heads in the toilet Based on several testimonies of detainees at Ofer Prison, many attacks have been reported against detainees, where two of them have been subjected to unprecedented humiliation and abuse by putting their heads in the toilet after a confrontation with jailers. Detainees pointed out that the “counting” or the so-called “security check”, was turned into a tool of humiliation and torture against detainees, as after October 7 detainees are asked to take a position that resembles kneeling, confirming that the majority of detainees have been attacked severely during this operation, and that jailers intend to provoke and take revenge from detainees.  

🔺Regarding the children’s detention conditions in Ofer prison, (90) children are facing the same situation experienced by adult detainees, where the policy of starvation constitutes the most extreme act practiced against them. They are provided with poor quality and quantity of food, as they have thin slices of bread on breakfast that should be enough for 5 detainees. 

 

 🔺 Many detainees at Megiddo prison could not change their clothes since arrest A group of detainees confirmed that the most prominent issue they are facing in Megiddo prison is the lack of clothing, as many detainees could not be able to change their clothes since tge first day of detention, and they don’t have jackets in spite of the cold weather. They also confirmed on the policy of starvation practiced against them, which increased with the high number of arrests and new detainees.

Fares meets George Noll, the Political File Official for the occupying state and the occupied Palestinian Territories 

 

 February 26, 2024 

 

 The head of the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, Qaddura Fares, met with the Political File Official of the United States for the occupying state and the occupied Palestinian Territories, George Noll, today in his office. Fares briefed Noll on the ongoing suffering of the Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, where food is insufficient and polluted, which caused weight loss for detainees, as the food served for ten detainees is not even enough for two detainees.

 

 Fares called for an immediate and actual American intervention to oblige Israel stop this brutal attack against male and female detainees, as the extent of torture and abuse have not been used even in the middle ages. Prisons have turned into slaughterhouses and places of torture, in which executions and murders are committed. Sick detainees are left without medications and all detainees live in empty rooms that only include a thin mattress and cover. Fares emphasized that Israel aims at taking revenge from the Palestinian people, as murder,destruction, invasions and detention in Gaza and all Palestinian cities are implemented under the instructions of Netanyahu and Ben Gvir, and other racist leaders in the Israeli military and political regime.

 

 Fares stated that there are more than (7200) arrest cases documented in the West Bank and Jerusalem, half of them are sentenced to administrative detention. Detainees where robbed of their basic rights and the Israeli occupation denied their humanity. Moreover, there are thousands of detainees from Gaza whom we don’t have any information about their place of detention or conditions of detention, as there are new prisons opened underground, which reflects the real horrific situation liver by detainees. 

 

 Fares affirmed that the main reason behind the incidents happened before and after October 7 was the occupation, where it is unbelievable for Palestinians to stay in this situation, which deprives them of living in peace and stability as all people around the world, and this won’t be achieved without establishing the independent Palestinian state and ending the occupation. 

 

 Fares called on the United States to practice its capabilities to put an end for the Israeli insanity and stressed that there should be an American position towards male and female detainees to provide them with their basic needs, represented in food, clothing and covers, in addition to stop torture and abuse practices against them.

Detainees lost thousands of kilograms due to the policy of hunger pursued by the Israeli authorities 

 

 February 21, 2024 

 

The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs warned of pursuing the policy of hunger by Israel through the IPS against detainees, which affected detainees who lost thousands of kilograms of their weights. 

The commission emphasized that each detainee has lost 15-25 kgs of his weight, which demonstrates the seriousness of this policy, that have negative implications on their lives and bodies. 

 

The commission said that reducing the quantity of food , the poor quality of served food, the method of preparation and the deliberate polluting of it will make their bodies an incubators of viruses and diseases, and detainees will face complicated health conditions soon. The number of sick detainees increased, and the policy of hunger became a means of punishment since October 7. This coincided with depriving sick detainees of medical care and medicine, and also coincided with the cold weather that has additional negative effects.

 

In the same context, the legal team of the commission affirmed on the unethical and inhumane treatment against detainees by the IPS, where they intended to target the humanity of Palestinians detainees by through the deliberate insult and humiliation. The IPS officers and soldiers forced detainees to kneel, cursed, blackmailed and provoked them, as they focused on the verbal insults especially cursing their mothers and sisters in addition to blasphemy. 

 

The commission called on to stop these crimes and violations against our detractors , and intervene immediately to oblige Israel to comply with international laws in dealing with detainees , being detainees of liberation movements as all international charters and agreements apply to them.