Category: Prisoners

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Highlights from the Reporting Period On 25 October, a 16-year-old Palestinian boy died during an Israeli search-and-arrest operation in…

The Palestinian detainee, Maher Al-Akhras, has suspended his 103 day long hunger-strike, Friday, after coming to an agreement with the occupation state, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported. The PPS…

Al Mezan Center for Human Rights is gravely concerned over reports of an ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases among Palestinian detainees in Israeli custody. Al Mezan reports that 85 Palestinians…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the Israeli Prison Authority has announced that 12 Palestinian political prisoners, held in Section 3 of Gilboa Israeli detention facility, are infected…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, ten Palestinians, including three former political prisoners and two women, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian…

Israeli police officers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the home of Mohammad As’ad Kana’na, a senior political leader of Abnaa’ el-Balad secular movement in Arraba town, in the Lower Galilee,…

By Neve Gordon for Middle East Eye Facing imminent death, 49-year-old Maher al-Akhras has been refusing to eat in prison for more than three months. The Palestinian father of six…

By Anjuman Rahman for Middle East Monitor: They destroyed the front door, entered my room, covered my face with a bag, and took me away,” explained Abdullah. “They told my father…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society reported that the health of hunger striking detainee, Maher Al-Akhras has declined in recent days. On Sunday, the Palestinian Administrative Detainee has been on hunger strike…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that a hunger-striking detainee has suspended the hunger strike he started on October 20th, after an agreement was reached regarding his administrative detention.…

Summary for October 22- 28, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that are…

The Israeli High Court denied, Thursday, an appeal for the release of detainee Maher al-Akhras, who is currently nearing death after 95 days of an ongoing hunger strike. The Palestinian…

The Israeli occupation army released, Wednesday, a Palestinian woman, who was shot and injured four years ago, after an alleged stabbing attack targeting a soldier at the Qalandia Terminal, north…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported that the Israeli forces, Monday at dawn, invaded homes, and detained four Palestinian civilians from the northern West Bank city of Jenin, namely; Hani…

The long-term hunger striker Maher al-Akhras, on the 90th day of his water-only hunger strike, was finally allowed to receive a visit from his wife and daughter on Sunday. It…

Palestinian prisoner Maher al-Akhras, whose health is rapidly deteriorating toward organ failure after 89 days of hunger strike, was transferred Friday by Israeli authorities from the Kaplan Hospital, where he…

The International Red Cross (IRC) has expressed serious concern about the health condition of the hunger-striking detainee, Maher al-Akhras, 49, who continues his strike for the 88th day, demanding to…

Four human rights groups, on Tuesday, called on the Israeli occupation to release the administrative detainee, Maher al-Akhras, who has continued his hunger strike for 86 days, the Palestinian WAFA…

By Muhammad Hussein for Middle East Monitor The Deal: Israel and Hamas conduct a prisoner exchange following the Gilad Shalit deal struck a week earlier, releasing over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners…

The Israeli forces stormed various Palestinian neighborhoods in the occupied West Bank, overnight Saturday to dawn Sunday, the Palestinian Information Center reported. In the central West Bank city of East…

Summary of Israeli Violations of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for October 8–14, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multifaceted violations against Palestinian civilians…

The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that thirty detainees in Israeli prisons have joined the hunger strike, two days after thirty detainees started the strike in solidarity with Maher al-Akhras.…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that thirty detainees held in Ofer Israeli detention center has launched a hunger strike in solidarity with Maher al-Akhras, who continues his strike…

Israeli forces stormed, on Tuesday, the Qaddoura refugee camp in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, according to Palestinian security sources. Sources told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that the…

Israeli forces detained, Sunday night and Monday at dawn, many Palestinian civilians during military incursions into various towns in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local sources…

Israeli forces detained several Palestinian civilians from various parts of the West Bank, over night Friday, including 12 from Hebron, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported. It said Israeli…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) September 22 – October 5, 2020 On 5 October, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian, aged 28, near…

Summary for October 1-7, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that are characterized…

The wife of the Palestinian administrative detainee, Maher Al-Akhras, 49, who has been on hunger strike for 73 days, has announced that she will begin a hunger strike and participate…

Israeli occupation forces detained nine Palestinian civilians, overnight Monday until Tuesday at dawn, from various West Bank cities, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) released in a statement. The PPS stated…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Sunday, that Maher al-Akhras, a political prisoner held by Israel without charges or trial, is ongoing with the hunger strike for the seventieth…

Israeli forces detained a Palestinian youth in Hebron city, on Saturday morning, in the southern West Bank and placed road barriers in several places, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local…

The Israeli forces detained dozens of Palestinians, in the predawn hours of Thursday, from the occupied West Bank, including a journalist and former prisoners. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) released…

The Israeli occupation forces, overnight Tuesday, arrested ten Palestinian civilians from the West Bank, including a young man with special needs, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported. It said that…

The Israeli intelligence agency, Shin Bet, on Wednesday, detained Palestinian activist Aida as-Sidawi, from her home in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Sidawi stated…

The Israeli forces, on Monday, and Tuesday morning, detained a number of Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local sources stated that Israeli soldiers…

The Israeli forces detained, on Monday, three Palestinian young men from their homes in Jerusalem and Bethlehem, in the central West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local sources said,…

Israeli military court sentenced, on Sunday, a Palestinian child from Jenin refugee camp, in the northern occupied West Bank, to serve 5 years in prison, the Palestinian Information Center reported.…

The Israeli police detained a Palestinian woman and her husband, Al-Maqdisi, on Sunday, after invading their home in Al-‘Isawiya town in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the Israeli decision to freeze the Administrative Detention of detainee, Maher Al-Akhras, 49, after 59 days of ongoing hunger strike, is an…

The Israeli forces detained several Palestinian youths, early Wednesday morning, from across the occupied West Bank, including former prisoners, the Palestinian Information Center reported. The Jerusalem police arrested a young…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said that eighteen Palestinians were detained, overnight Monday, by Israeli forces, across the occupied West Bank. From the northern West Bank Jenin refugee camp, occupation…

Israeli forces detained at least five Palestinians, on Monday, including 61 year old activist from the occupied Palestinian territories, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Local sources said that soldiers…

Israeli soldiers detained four Palestinians, on Saturday, after they tried to cross into Israel, from the besieged Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Army spokesperson said that its forces…

Israeli forces detained four Palestinians, on Saturday, after they attempted to enter Israel from the besieged Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Information Center reported. The Israeli military spokesperson stated that soldiers…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society reported that Israeli prison authorities, Wednesday night, stormed sections 5 and 6 of the high-security Megiddo prison, assaulting the prisoners, and spraying them with tear-gas. The…

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Summary for September 10 – 16, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties,…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, 23 Palestinians, including a father and his son, in addition to two siblings, after invading and ransacking their…

Israeli forces, overnight Sunday, detained a number of Palestinian young men, including a high school student, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local sources said the…

The Israeli authorities have detained 297 Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territory during the month of August 2020, 12 of whom were children, 10 of whom were women, according to…

Israeli forces stormed the prison cells of Palestinian prisoners on Sunday, using attack dogs and pepper spray to assault the inmates. According to local sources, Israeli officers unleashed the dogs…

The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that two hunger-striking detainees in Israeli prisons are facing serious health conditions and complications, but are ongoing with their strikes, demanding an end to…

Israeli forces, detained several Palestinian civilians, Thursday, including a journalist, and former prisoners from the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Local sources said that Israeli soldiers,…

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly report for September 3 – 9, 2020 Summary Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and…

An undercover unit of Israeli forces, also called “Musta’ribeen” abducted, on Monday, a young man near the Shu’fat refugee camp roadblock, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, in the central West Bank,…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society has reported, Tuesday, that the number of detainees in Ofer Israeli prison, who have been officially diagnosed as Covid-19 positive, has arrived to 12, and added…

Israeli forces detained several Palestinians in various occupied West Bank areas, Sunday night through Monday morning, including a former prisoner, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Israeli soldiers detained former prisoner,…

UPDATED: Sept 7 @ 0613 A Palestinian Detainees’ Committee lawyer, Khaled Mahajna, has reported that after Israeli forces wired and detonated the front door of their home, on Saturday, both…

Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) Weekly Report for August 27 – September 02, 2020 Summary Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported, on Wednesday evening, that a detainee died in Ofer Israeli prison, and added that the only information the Israeli authorities are giving so…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported that Israeli forces detained 15 Palestinian civilians, Thursday, from the occupied West Bank, two of whom were released after lengthy interrogation by occupation authorities.…

Israeli forces, on Wednesday, detained several Palestinians from various areas of the occupied West Bank, the Jerusalem Press reported. Occupation forces detained Mu’taz Jumaa Jadal Abu Muhaimid, 29, from the…

The Israeli forces detained a Palestinian teenager, on Tuesday, from the Shufat Refugee Camp in occupied East Jerusalem, Shehab News Agency reported. In photos, several Israeli soldiers hold the youth…

Undercover Israeli agents, on Sunday evening, abducted senior Palestinian official, Husam al-Razza, who belongs to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported.…

Israeli forces, Saturday night, detained five Palestinians, including a minor, during invasions across the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS). Israeli forces detained one Palestinian, identified…

Musa Zahran, 53, a Palestinian under administrative detention in Israeli prison, ended his 15 day hunger strike, on Sunday, to protest his detention without a charge or trial, according to…

On Sunday, August 30th, Israeli forces invaded the Damascus Gate area leading into the Old City of Jerusalem, and abducted four Palestinians, three of whom were women, according to local…

Israeli forces invaded the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of al-Isawiya and al-Wad on Saturday before dawn, breaking into the homes of three Palestinians and abducting them. The three abducted men have…

On Thursday morning, Israeli forces invaded the village of Rojib, east of Nablus in the northern part of the West Bank, and took measurements of the home of Palestinian prisoner…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported that Wednesday night through Thursday morning, the Israeli forces detained thirteen Palestinian civilians from various parts of the occupied West Bank. From al-Fawwar camp…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) in a statement, confirmed the detention of 24 Palestinians, including a journalist. The PPS stated that at least 10 Palestinian civilians were arrested from several…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported that the Israeli forces, Monday night until Tuesday at dawn, detained four Palestinians from Tulkarem, in the northern occupied West Bank; Wajdi Tawfiq Jayyousi,…

The Israeli forces, on Monday at dawn, detained one Palestinian man from the Dheisheh Refugee Camp in Bethlehem, and five from different areas of Tulkarem, according to Alray. Local sources…

Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) Summary Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that…

PCHR Weekly Report for July 29 – August 12, 2020 SUMMARY Israeli forces continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian…

Video by Shahed Ali IYAD AL-JERJAWI Former prisoner “I got arrested on the 13th of June, 2011. I was on a medical trip from Gaza to the Palestinian hospitals in…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday afternoon, a former Palestinian political prisoner shortly being released from prison, after spending 14 months behind bars. Media activist, Mohammad Awad, said the soldiers abducted…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, 23 civilians, including children,  from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank.…

Thirty Palestinian detainees held at Israel’s Huwara jail have launched an open-ended hunger strike demanding the end of the ill-treatment and deliberate neglect by the Israel Prison Service. The Palestinian…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) released a statement, on Wednesday, that a Palestinian detainee, Muhannad Al-Azzeh, began a hunger strike in support of Khalil Abu Aram, another detainee who recently…

On the eve of al-Adha Muslim feast, Palestinian researcher specialized in detainee’s affairs, former political prisoner, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, has reported that Israel is holding captive around 4500 Palestinians, including 39…

Israeli forces detained 25 Palestinian civilians overnight Tuesday, into early Wednesday, from various towns in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) confirmed. In the northern West Bank…

The Palestinian Commission for Detainees’ Affairs has reported, Sunday, that the Israeli authorities are still forcing two female detainees in solidarity confinement under inhumane and harsh conditions. In a press…

By Adalah The Legal Center For Arab Minority Rights in Israel: 23/07/2020: Israel’s top court rejects Adalah petition demanding Israel implement COVID-19 protective guidelines for prisoners at Gilboa prison; 30 prison…

Israeli forces, on Friday, detained four Palestinians, including a Fatah activist, from Jerusalem and Tubas districts, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. The sources confirmed that Israeli soldiers detained a Fatah…

Summary Israeli military forces continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that are characterized with excessive use of force,…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, Wednesday, that the Israeli authorities continue to force a detainee under solitary confinement for the 130th consecutive day, under extremely bad conditions. The Committee…

Updated: The detainee was released and was instantly moved to Beit Jala Governmental Hospital, near Bethlehem. His release came after three hearings within one week. The Israeli military appellate court…

Israeli forces, on Saturday detained Adnan Gheith, the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Governor of occupied Jerusalem, after storming his home in Silwan, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. The home of…

The Israeli forces detained seven Palestinian civilians, over night Saturday, and Sunday morning, from across the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society reported. Two Palestinian civilians, identified as, Amir…

Israeli forces, Thursday evening, detained a Palestinian astro-physicist at the entrance of Anata town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, said Palestinian WAFA News Agency correspondent. He reported that Israeli soldiers…

Summary Israeli forces continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that are characterized with excessive use of force, assault,…

Israeli forces, on Thursday at dawn, detained several Palestinian civilians after invading homes in several occupied West Bank areas, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local sources stated that soldiers detained…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) stated, earlier Wednesday, that Israeli troops abducted eleven Palestinian residents from various parts of the occupied West Bank. In a statement, the PPS said Israeli…

Israeli soldiers injured, late on Tuesday at night, many Palestinian political prisoners in Ofer prison, which is built on Palestinian lands west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah,…

The Ramallah-based Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) stated, on Tuesday, that Israeli troops abducted ten Palestinian residents from the occupied West Bank, late Monday, early Tuesday. In a statement, issued Tuesday,…

Israeli troops abducted, on Monday, several Palestinian residents from different areas of the occupied West Bank, Palestinian media sources reported. In the southern West Bank district of Hebron, Palestinian Official…

Israeli troops abducted, on Saturday morning, two Palestinians from the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Local Palestinian media sources and witnesses said that Israeli forces invaded Ya’bad village, west…

Israeli forces, at dawn Friday, abducted three Palestinian civilians from their homes in Jerusalem and Ramallah, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Asra Media Office said that Israeli soldiers detained both…

Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) Summary Israeli forces continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that are characterized…