Israeli prison service

Ben-Gvir denies claim Marwan Barghouti beaten in prison, but 'proud' of worsening conditions

Qatari outlet Al-Araby TV reported, citing a Palestinian source, that Barghouti was "beaten and assaulted" as he was being transferred between Israeli security prisons.

Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti gestures before the start of a deliberation at Jerusalem Magistrate's court, January 25, 2012
The Defense Ministry's new rail-mounted robot designed to secure sensitive sites, including prisons, military bases, and border facilities, September 11, 2025.

Israel unveils rail-mounted robot to guard borders, bases, and prisons

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir seen after a visit at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Old City, during the Tisha B’Av, August 3, 2025.

Ben-Gvir hangs images of ruined Gaza in jails to intimidate Palestinian prisoners, Barghouti claims

 View of the Gilboa Prison December 5, 2022.

NSC pushes to ban detained terrorists from receiving medical treatment at public hospitals


Prison guards granted the power to arrest civilians amid ongoing violence

The elite prison unite will be temporarily granted the power to detain, search, and arrest civilians until the violence across Israel is under control.

Public Security Minister Amir Ohana speaks to the Masada Unit ahead of their deployment across Israel in response to continued violence, May 15th 2021.

Largest ever attempted cell phone smuggling into prison thwarted

The prisoner attempted to smuggle over 40 cellular devices inside his body into the Ofer Prison.

Cellphones a Palestinian detainee attempted to smuggle into Ofer Prison, April 2021

Israel refused trans woman transfer to women's prison, cited 'appearance'

During her time at Nitzan, she experienced repeated harassment from other prisoners on the basis of her gender identity, things she would not have received in a women's prison.

View from inside the Nitzan Prison in Ramle. February 27, 2012.

Police chief, prison service head nominees approved

The committee determined that there were no faults in the candidates' integrity nor in Ohana's motives in choosing them.

Public Security Minister Amir Ohana with Israel Police chief nominee Kobi Shabtai

Prison guard accused of having affair with inmate, smuggling drugs

Nitzan Raz, 24, cracked during her interrogation and confessed to falling in love with an inmate named Abu Gali, 30, a resident of Jaffa.

Palestinian prisoners wait to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007

Prison guards run off bus during rocket siren, leaving prisoners on board

The guards did not respond when the prisoners asked them about why they were being left behind.

A ROCKET fired from Gaza by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad heads toward Israel this week

IDF arrests 19 Palestinians amid violent clashes in West Bank

During the clashes, two IDF jeeps crashed into each other while speeding through the area, according to local reports.

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl stones at Israeli forces during an-anti Israel protest at the Israel-Gaza border fence in the southern Gaza Strip August 23, 2019

140 Palestinians in Israeli prisons enter 9th day of hunger strike

The inmates claim that agreements reached after a similar strike last April have still not been implemented.

A Palestinian prisoner, convicted of security offences against Israel, looks out of his cell at Nitzan jail

Terrorists riot and coordinate terror from within Israeli prisons- report

The disturbances within the prisons are coordinated with cell phones located within the prisons. These same cell phones are used to carry out terror attacks outside of the prisons.

Palestinian prisoners wait to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007

New committee may prevent terrorists from watching World Cup in prison

"I do not intend to allow Hamas terrorists to watch the World Cup while the bodies of our soldiers are held in Gaza together with our kidnapped civilians."

The hand of a Palestinian inmate is seen in a prison in the West Bank city of Nablus February 11, 2008.