Security prisoners

UN torture report flags Israel for allegedly mistreating journalists, detainees, ex-MAG

The UN warned Israel over alleged abuses against rights defenders and detainees, calling for stronger legal protections and impartial investigations.

An Israel Prison Service officer at Ketziot Prison watches as Palestinian prisoners are prepared for release in exchange for Israeli hostages held by Gazan terrorists, February 26, 2025; illustrative.
 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir argues with MK Ahmad Tibi during a Home committee meeting at the Knesset. October 15, 2024.

Israeli court hears petition to guarantee access to security prisoners by MKs

A Palestinian photo shows one of the posters distributed by the IDF near Ofer Prison: “We are watching you everywhere. We told you that any support for or affiliation with a terrorist organization will place you under arrest and subject you to severe penalties. We warned you.”

‘We are watching you’: IDF posters blanket West Bank before Palestinian prisoner release

 MARWAN BARGHOUTI is brought into court by police for his judgment hearing in May 2004, at which he was convicted on five counts of murder in terrorist attacks.

Marwan Barghouti not included in hostage, prisoner exhange deal, PMO confirms


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

The Chair of the National Security Council, Zvika Fogel, raised a plan to stop detained terrorists from being treated in public hospitals. "We are not going to reward terrorists," he said.

 View of the Gilboa Prison December 5, 2022.

National Security Min. budget to reach record NIS 28b. as number of security prisoners grows

In response to the sharp rise in security prisoners, NIS 1.9 billion will be allocated to the Israel Prison Service for the construction of new detention facilities.

 Israeli security forces guard at the Ofer prison, outside of Jerusalem, from where Palestinian terror convicts will be released later today as part of a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, February 15, 2025.

'Lies to break ceasefire': Hamas defends hostage propaganda ceremonies

Hamas claimed that the ceremonies don't insult the released hostages and that they "reflect the humane and dignified treatment of them."

 Omer Shem Tov, Eliya Cohen and Omer Wenkert, hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, are released as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.

Israel delays release of Palestinian prisoners, including 41 freed in Schalit deal

The Israeli hostages released in exchange are Avera Mengistu, Eliya Cohen, Hisham al-Sayed, Omer Wenkert, Omer Shem Tov, and Tal Shoham.

 Palestinians celebrate the release of security prisoners in the central Gaza Strip, February 8, 2025

'We won't forget nor forgive': Israel releases 369 prisoners wearing sweatshirt with message

One of the security prisoners released is Mazen al-Qadi, who was convicted of being involved in a 2002 terror attack in Tel Aviv during the Second Intifada.

 Security prisoners released on Saturday 15 February 2025 in exchange for three hostages abducted by Hamas.

Israel releases 183 Palestinian prisoners in fifth wave of Gaza ceasefire deal

Eighteen of these prisoners were supposed to be serving life sentences.

 Palestinians celebrate the release of security prisoners in the central Gaza Strip, February 8, 2025

IDF court issues first major jail term of war against a soldier

Given that the defendant-soldier had spent around 80 days in prison after he was first arrested, he will now return to prison for around four and a half months.

 Demonstrates protest against the detention of Israeli reserve soldiers suspected of assaulting a Hamas terrorist, at the Sde Teiman military base near Beersheba, July 29, 2024.

Some Palestinian prisoners released by Israel arrive in Turkey after deportation

Turkey takes in 15 Palestinian prisoners deported under Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. Palestinians view those jailed for fighting Israel as resistance heroes.

A demonstrator waves Turkish and Palestinian flags during a protest to express support for Palestinians in Gaza, a day ahead of the anniversary of the October 7th attack, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 6, 2024.

Hamas says Pakistan agreed to host Palestinian prisoners released in ceasefire

Pakistan’s Interior Ministry has denied any knowledge of the arrangement, and the Foreign Ministry has yet to respond.

 Red Cross vehicle is seen near the Ofer Prison, near Jerusalem, January 19, 2025

Netanyahu aide Eli Feldstein indicted for endangering national security

Feldstein is accused of leaking classified documents that harmed the war effort and reduced the chances of a successful hostage deal.

L-R: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Eliezer Feldstein, a suspect in the leaked PMO documents case (illustrative)

'I'm the political echelon': Ben-Gvir reiterates opposition to Tibi, Barghouti meeting

Ben-Gvir made the remarks at Israel's Supreme Court, where he attended a hearing on a petition filed by Tibi which requests members of Knesset to be allowed to meet with security prisoners. 

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on September 11, 2024