Ramallah: The Palestinian Prisoners' Society and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs have raised alarms over a significant escalation in the mistreatment and deprivation of Palestinian detainees within Israeli prisons and detention camps. This revelation comes after numerous field visits by legal teams throughout November 2025.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, these organizations have described the situation as a protracted extermination of Palestinian detainees, citing the use of electric shocks, rubber-coated bullets, denial of medical treatment, and systematic harassment of sick and wounded prisoners. They also reported a widespread outbreak of scabies, affecting hundreds of inmates across several facilities.
The legal teams managed to visit detainees from Gaza, specifically those held in the underground Rakeft section of Ramle Prison. The detainees recounted harrowing experiences of abuse from the point of arrest, through interrogation, and during their detention in this isolated underground section.
Particularly concerning is the plight of female and child prisoners, whose conditions have seen no improvement. In November, systematic repression was documented, with female and child detainees subjected to various forms of abuse. Female prisoners shared degrading experiences that highlighted the ongoing policy of deprivation enforced by the prison administration.
The prisons visited included Negev, Ofer, Damon, Shatta, Megiddo, Gilboa, Ofer Camp (Gilad), Ganot Prison (formerly known as Ramon and Nafha), and the Rekefet section of Ramle Prison. The organizations emphasized that this report comes as Israeli authorities are swiftly moving to legislate the execution of Palestinian prisoners, a move deemed one of the most perilous legislative attempts in recent history.
The organizations warned that Israel, known for extrajudicial executions through various policies, is now seeking to formalize and legitimize the execution of prisoners and detainees.
