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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
L-R: Kamal Adwan Hospital director Hussam Abu Safiya, in an undated screenshot taken from a Democracy Now video posted to YouTube on January 14, 2025. (Democracy Now screenshot/YouTube); A resurfaced photo from 2016 shows Abu Safiya wearing a Hamas uniform alongside other senior officers in the terror group. (Medical services – Gaza Strip)
June 16, 2026, 2:05 pm
Supreme Court rejects appeal of Gaza hospital chief, a Hamas officer detained by Israel
Hussam Abu Safiya, who runs Kamal Adwan Hospital and is a colonel in Hamas Military Medical Services, has been in administrative detention since 2024, now in solitary confinement
By Jeremy Sharon
Palestinian journalist Ali Samoudi before and after his release from yearlong Israeli administrative detention on April 30, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 9, 2026, 4:31 am
Palestinian journalist details Israeli food rations after losing 130 pounds in jail
Ali Samoudi, who was released last week without charge after yearlong administrative detention, says he was never questioned about Israeli allegation of ties to Islamic JIhad
By ToI Staff
An Israel Police delegation tours a crocodile farm in Hamat Gader on January 1, 2026. (Israel Police)
January 2, 2026, 10:07 pm
Prison officers tour crocodile farm as Ben Gvir said pushing for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Delegation headed by Prison Service’s deputy chief wanted to learn about animals’ upkeep; ‘Looks like they’re doing serious work,’ Hamat Gader CEO says
By ToI Staff
This photo sent out by an Israel Prison Service spokesperson shows terror convict Mahmoud Atallah laying on the ground after guards stormed his prison cell on December 26, 2025. (Courtesy)
December 26, 2025, 3:08 pm
Terrorist accused of raping guards is punished in jail for plan to instigate riot
Mahmoud Atallah handcuffed on floor after female guards entered his cell, is sent to solitary confinement; Palestinian security prisoner was denied release during hostage deals
By ToI Staff
The Ketziot prison seen on September 13, 2022. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
December 6, 2025, 11:29 pm
Public defender reports Palestinian inmates suffering ‘severe hunger’ in Israeli jails
As prison population has swelled beyond capacity, Public Defender’s Office says most detainees are held in tiny, unsanitary cells; guards said to often beat security prisoners
By Charlie Summers
Medical personnel rush a suspected stabber into the emergency unit at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon on February 7, 2016. (Edi Israel/Flash90)
November 13, 2025, 7:58 am
MKs push to end hospital stays for terror detainees, suggest they be given worse care
Officials paint issue as marginal, with only one security prisoner out of over 9,000 currently hospitalized; doctor warns expanding prison medical facilities may harm treatment elsewhere
By Charlie Summers
A view of the entrance to the Russian Compound detention center in Jerusalem, March 12. 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 31, 2025, 5:27 pm
Police say autistic Arab Israeli teen detained on suspicion of aiding Hamas, ISIS
14-year-old allegedly tried to manufacture explosives, sent sensitive videos to terror contacts; boy’s mother insists he is innocent, urges his release and psychiatric evaulation
By Charlie Summers
View of the entrance to the detention center in the Russian Compound, In central Jerusalem, November 28, 2024. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
October 29, 2025, 12:23 pm
Autistic Arab Israeli teen arrested in West Bank, held in harsh conditions – lawyer
14-year-old boy in detention for over a week said to endure beatings by guards and inmates, after army arrests him on hidden evidence; prison service denies claims of abuse
By Charlie Summers
Amiram Ben Uliel, convicted of the Duma arson murder in July 2015, in which three members of the Dawabsha family were killed, attends a hearing on his appeal, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on March 7, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 28, 2025, 5:57 pm
Dozens of coalition MKs, ministers call on Herzog to free Jewish security prisoners
Members of Likud, Shas, Otzma Yehudit, Religious Zionism and UTJ make demand in response to Israel’s release of Palestinian terrorists under ceasefire deal
By Sam Sokol
Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti (C) is accompanied by Israeli prison guards after a hearing at Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, January 25, 2012. (REUTERS/Ammar Awad)
October 15, 2025, 11:25 pm
Barghouti said beaten, suffered broken ribs in jail; prison officials reject claim
Ben Gvir says he is ‘proud that Barghouti’s conditions have changed drastically’ as Thunberg alleges ‘torture,’ claims guards kicked and hit her as she was draped in Israeli flag
By Charlie Summers
A Palestinian celebrating on top of the burned car of the two Israeli soldiers who were taken from it and lynched next to Ramallah, October 12, 2000. (Flash 90)
October 12, 2025, 6:56 pm
Palestinian cop who joined lynching of 2 Israeli reservists to go free in Gaza deal
Victim’s brother calls release of Raed Sheikh ‘inconceivable’ so close to 25th anniversary of Ramallah police station lynching, in which cop joined murderous mob
By Charlie Summers
US President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort; Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland, February 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
February 24, 2025, 11:29 am
US backs Israel’s decision to push off release of 602 Palestinian security prisoners
White House says Trump supports Israel’s choices on Hamas, delay is ‘appropriate response’ to ‘barbaric treatment’ of hostages and ‘hideous parade’ of Bibas boys’ coffins
By ToI Staff, Reuters and Jacob Magid
A former Palestinian prisoner released by Israel is cheered by a crowd after stepping out of a bus in the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 8, 2025.(Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
February 8, 2025, 4:29 pm
Israel frees 183 Palestinian prisoners, including 18 terrorists serving life terms
Crowds in Ramallah greet those freed to West Bank; among those released is key planner of 2004 suicide bombing in Beersheba in which 16 Israelis were killed
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian walks past destroyed residential buildings damaged by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Bureij, central Gaza Strip, January 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
February 7, 2025, 7:32 pm
Israel to show prisoners clip of Gaza destruction prior to release under truce deal
Reports say video meant to demonstrate costs of war to terror convicts who have had little access to media, serve as a deterrent
By ToI Staff
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