Israeli prisons have become sites of torture, slow death. Las prisiones israelíes, centros de tortura y muerte ENG ESP

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Israeli prisons have become sites of torture, slow death

30 Dec 2025

Palestinian prisoner rights organizations said Israeli prisons have effectively turned into arenas of torture and slow death, revealing that 32 Palestinian detainees died in custody during 2025, including a child, bringing the total number of detainees killed since the start of the current phase to more than 100.

In a joint report, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoner Society, and the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association said dozens of detainees from Gaza remain subjected to enforced disappearance, while Israeli authorities continue to withhold the bodies of 94 martyred prisoners.

The organizations said testimonies and documented evidence confirm a deliberate policy of physical and psychological abuse against detainees, including torture, starvation, denial of medical care, solitary confinement, and other life-threatening practices.

According to the report, Israeli occupation forces have continued mass arrest campaigns across the West Bank, including Jerusalem, recording around 21,000 arrests since the start of the genocide. Those detained include children, women, journalists, medical workers, former prisoners, and Palestinian activists.

In 2025 alone, the groups documented more than 7,000 arrests, including 600 children and 200 women, reflecting what they described as an unprecedented escalation in the use of detention as a tool of repression and retaliation.

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Las prisiones israelíes, centros de tortura y muerte