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Rand Halawani, left, and Natalie Abu Diyeh (Wafa; via social media)
June 3, 2026, 10:45 pm
Detention extended for Palestinian women’s soccer player arrested for ‘throwing objects’
Police say East Jerusalem resident Rand Halawani, 20, nabbed alongside unnamed 18-year-old; ex-national player also arrested Tuesday along with 3 other young women in West Bank
By AFP
Footage shows Palestinian prisoners in scenes filmed during National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's visit to the Ofer Prison on February 13, 2026. (Screenshots/X)
February 15, 2026, 9:13 am
After overseeing rough handling of Palestinian prisoners, Ben Gvir posts proud video
Far-right minister tours Ofer Prison with relatives of terror victims, boasts of tough policies as bound inmates paraded at gunpoint; prisoners’ rights group decries ‘revenge’ tactics
By ToI Staff and AFP
Illustrative: IDF troops during a military operation in the West Bank, December 31, 2025. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
January 1, 2026, 1:05 pm
IDF kills stone-throwing assailant in northern West Bank
Military says soldiers came under attack by several suspects, opened fire, killing one and injuring two; Palestinian media identifies fatality as 26-year-old
By Stav Levaton and Noam Lehmann
A former Palestinian prisoner, released as part of the seventh hostage-prisoner exchange, is carried on a person's shoulders upon arrival in Ramallah on February 27, 2025. (Zain Jaafar/AFP)
February 27, 2025, 5:04 am
Over 600 Palestinian prisoners, including terrorists, freed as Hamas returns 4 slain hostages
More than 100 murderers and life-termers released, most of them deported via Egypt; 445 post-Oct. 7 detainees returned to Gaza; dozens of detainees released to West Bank, Jerusalem
By Charlie Summers
A crowd greets terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi, former head of the Al-Aqsa Brigades, after his release as part of a hostage-ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas as he arrives in Ramallah, in the West Bank, January 30, 2025. (Flash90)
January 30, 2025, 11:48 pm
Zakaria Zubeidi among terrorists to get heroes’ welcome as Israel frees 110 prisoners
Hundreds in Ramallah greet Zubeidi, who organized dozens of attacks during the Second Intifada; 66 prisoners sent to West Bank, 14 to East Jerusalem, 9 to Gaza and 21 exiled
By Charlie Summers, Emanuel Fabian, Amy Spiro and ToI Staff
Palestinian radio presenter Maysam Barghouti sits at Radio Ajyal, a station based in Ramallah, Feb. 9, 2024. (Zain Jaafar/AFP)
February 22, 2024, 1:00 pm
With contact barred, families of Palestinian prisoners go on air to send messages
Since October 7 massacre, Palestinian prisoners detained on terror-related charges have been denied visitation and phone rights
By AFP and ToI Staff
Protesters gather with a Palestinian flag outside the hospital in Be'er Yaakov where a hunger-striking security prisoner, Khalil Awawdeh, pictured in the placards, detained by Israel as an alleged terrorist, is in deteriorating health, August 13, 2022. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)
August 16, 2022, 2:45 am
Israel rejects appeal to free Palestinian hunger striker it alleges is a terrorist
Khalil Awawdeh has refused food for 165 days to protest his detention without trial; Islamic Jihad had demanded his release in ceasefire talks
By AP and ToI Staff
Palestinian Dalal Awawdeh poses with a poster of her husband Khalil Awawdeh, who is a prisoner in Israel, at the family house, in the West Bank village of Idna, Hebron, Aug. 9, 2022. (Nasser Nasser/AP)
August 11, 2022, 4:31 pm
Condition of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner deteriorates to ‘life-threatening’
Palestinian Islamic Jihad warns that Israel will ‘bear full responsibility’ if Khalil Awawdeh dies; wife says he has been moved to a hospital
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A scene from Mohamed Diab's 'Amira' movie. (Screenshot: Youtube)
December 12, 2021, 3:56 am
Jordan pulls sperm-smuggling movie ‘Amira’ from Oscars after Palestinian criticism
Film centers on girl whose biological father turns out to be Israeli jailer, not inmate; Hamas terror group calls it ‘service to the Zionist enemy’
By AFP
Cells are seen at Ketziot Prison following rioting by Palestinian security prisoners, on September 8, 2021. (Courtesy)
September 17, 2021, 3:45 am
1,400 Palestinian prisoners in Israel call off planned hunger strike
After intending to protest detention conditions imposed following jailbreak from Gilboa Prison, group says demands have been met; Israel Prisons Service refuses to comment
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Cells are seen at Ketziot Prison following rioting by Palestinian security prisoners, on September 8, 2021. (Courtesy)
September 14, 2021, 10:46 pm
1,400 Palestinian prisoners in Israel to launch hunger strike
Palestinian Authority says action to be taken in response to ‘very bad’ detention conditions imposed following jailbreak from Gilboa Prison last week
By Agencies and ToI Staff
FILE: Palestinians take part in a demonstration in support of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, in Gaza City, on April 17, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
April 18, 2021, 12:09 am
Fatah prisoners tell Abbas: Delay Palestinian elections to fix Fatah’s crisis
PA leader’s fragmented faction to present three slates of candidates in the coming vote, leading some to fear a repeat of its 2006 loss to Hamas
By Aaron Boxerman
Prison guards wearing protective clothing transport a prisoner suspected of having the coronavirus, at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, on March 30, 2020. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
January 17, 2021, 6:31 pm
Israel to start vaccinating prisoners this week, including Palestinians
Decision comes despite directive by public security minister — widely panned as illegal — to refrain from inoculating inmates
By ToI Staff
Prison guards wearing protective clothing as a preventive measure against the coronavirus, seen as they transport a prisoner suspected of having the coronavirus at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on March 30, 2020. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
January 11, 2021, 6:14 pm
Gantz calls for prisoners to be vaccinated, calling ban illegal and unhelpful
Move comes with Public Security Minister Ohana refusing to inoculate inmates age 60-plus despite AG saying decision isn’t his to make
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
Hadarim Prison in the Sharon area, central Israel, on July 23, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 10, 2021, 12:11 pm
Human rights groups petition High Court to force Israel to vaccinate inmates
Public security minister says prisoners will only be inoculated when more Israelis get vaccinated; Israel Medical Association: Country has an ‘ethical obligation’
By ToI Staff
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