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Israel Prison Service officers prepare Palestinian prisoners for release as part of a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, at Ketziot Prison in southern Israel, February 26, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 15, 2026, 7:16 pm
Rights groups report ‘dangerous’ surge in use of rubber bullets on Palestinian inmates
Some shootings in Israeli jails caused severe injuries that went untreated, according to documents; one detainee’s testicle was removed after it was reportedly ‘crushed’ by bullet
By SAM MEDNICK
Screen capture from video of Palestinian prisoners seen during a video filmed when National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visited the Ofer Prison on February 13, 2026. (X)
September 28, 2026, 2:16 pm
High Court gives government 2 weeks to specify terms for Red Cross visits to detainees
Court ruled in June that ban on visits to Palestinian security detainees was unlawful, but visits have yet to resume, while the Prison Service has sought new restrictions
By Jeremy Sharon
Prison guards escort Yosef Haim Ben-David, convicted of murdering Palestinian teenager Muhammad Abu Khdeir in 2014, as he arrives at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem for his appeal, on February 8, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 24, 2026, 10:17 pm
Ringleader of 2014 kidnapping and murder of Palestinian teen dies while serving life sentence
Yosef Haim Ben-David, 42, was convicted along with two nephews in 2016 for brutal killing of Muhammad Abu Khdeir; attack, ‘revenge’ for murder of three Israeli teens, set off riots
By ToI Staff
Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Israel Julien Lerisson. (courtesy ICRC)
September 10, 2026, 6:57 pm
Red Cross meets officials at Israeli detention facility, not allowed to see Palestinian prisoners
Head of the ICRC in Israel calls talks and tour of carceral center ‘a step in the right direction’ and vows to continue pushing for resumption of visits to detainees
By Nava Freiberg
A vehicle of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) arrives outside Ofer military prison, located between Ramallah and Beitunia in the West Bank, on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
September 8, 2026, 10:15 am
Red Cross to meet Israeli officials amid push to renew visits to Palestinian security prisoners
Talks this week at a detention facility aim at letting humanitarian group resume meeting inmates, which halted after Oct. 7; Ben Gvir pans High Court for ordering lifting of ban
By Nava Freiberg and Noam Lehmann
Daphna Carmon (L), murdered in 1982, and Danny Katz, murdered in 1983. (Courtesy)
September 3, 2026, 5:24 pm
Man convicted of murdering female soldier and teenage boy in 1980s dies in prison at 68
Atif Sabihi was serving life for murder and rape of Daphna Carmon, 21, in 1982 and murder of Danny Katz, 14, in 1983; he maintained his innocence, claimed to have confessed under duress
By Michael Horovitz
Female Palestinian security prisoners seen in a video published August 30, 2026 by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who visited them at the Damon security prison in northern Israel. (Itamar Ben Gvir)
August 30, 2026, 2:38 pm
Ben Gvir posts video mocking Palestinian female inmates’ complaints about conditions
As prisoner who says she is from Islamic Jihad laments poor access to water for bathing, medical supplies, national security minister says she and her colleagues have it better than Israeli hostages did in Gaza
By Noam Lehmann and AFP
Screenshots from social media footage show women assaulting a motorist in Kfar Yona, August 23, 2026. (Channel 13 and X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 27, 2026, 10:50 am
Prison Service officer, three others suspected in violent assault over parking dispute
Kfar Yona motorist says he competed with Prison Service officer for parking space, but let her have it; then, her sister and two friends trailed him, cut him off and attacked him
By ToI Staff
Members of a Gaza-bound flotilla, who were detained by Israeli security forces, speak during a press conference after arriving at Sydney International Airport on May 25, 2026. (DAVID GRAY/AFP)
August 8, 2026, 2:37 pm
Report details further allegations that Gaza flotilla activists were abused by Israel
New York Times interviews some 2 dozen activists, most alleging physical, and in 1 instance, sexual, assault; Israel has repeatedly denied the claims
By ToI Staff
Agam Tsarafi, left, and Shilat Houta, right, suspects in the July murder of Benayahu Razi in Jerusalem, and Linor Sasson, suspected in aiding them, are brought to a court hearing at the Jerusalem District Court, August 7, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
August 7, 2026, 2:27 pm
Six, including four minors, charged with murdering teen in a Jerusalem Airbnb
Defendants allegedly assaulted Benayahu Razi and his friend with knives, brass knuckles, a club and a kitchen mallet; cops say one defendant was romantically involved with victim
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Palestinian prisoner at Ketziot Prison in southern Israel, February 26, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 7, 2026, 1:31 am
Number of Palestinian minors in Israeli administrative detention rises sharply — data
While Israel stopped holding Jewish suspects without due process, it has intensified practice against Arabs, expanding number of Palestinian minors held in past year from 103 to 191
By Nurit Yohanan
Crocodiles at Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo, August 18, 2024. (Police spokesperson)
August 2, 2026, 8:27 pm
Court freezes transfer of crocodiles to prison moat, putting Ben Gvir’s plan on hold
Following petition from animal rights group against move to surround Ketziot Prison with Nile crocodiles, Jerusalem District Court gives state until Wednesday to respond
By ToI Staff
Police seen detaining murder suspect Avior Sasson in a taxi in the Harel Tunnel at the entrance to Jerusalem, July 28, 2026. (Screen captures/Israel Police)
July 29, 2026, 2:39 pm
Fugitive teen arrested in murder case; prison officer suspected of helping him hide
Israel Prison Service officer allegedly had romantic relationship with suspect’s jailed brother and gave him her phone to contact people outside prison
By ToI Staff
Senior prison officials tour the crocodile farm at Hamat Gader in northern Israel, January 2026. (Via social media)
July 23, 2026, 11:03 am
Construction said already underway on Ben Gvir’s prison crocodile moat
Far-right minister’s office confirms that digging has begun at Ketziot Prison, despite objections from nature authority and environment ministry’s legal council
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
A guard grasps the hands of a cuffed prisoner through a door slot at the Givon Prison in Ramle on January 11, 2026. (Oren Cohen/Flash90)
July 19, 2026, 11:16 am
With Ben Gvir’s backing, prison guards quietly branding domestic criminals as terrorists
Public defenders alarmed over uptick in Arab inmates being moved to squalid security wings where they serve alongside terror prisoners, based on questionable misconduct allegations
By Charlie Summers
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