The Palestinian Prisoners Media Office described the past two years as the most dangerous in the history of the Palestinian prisoner movement in Israeli jails, despite prisoner exchange deals.
According to the office’s report covering up to the end of 2025, Israeli prisons hold 9,300 Palestinian detainees, including 3,350 held without charge or trial. The number of female prisoners reached 52 by mid-January 2026, alongside 350 children and 1,220 prisoners classified as “illegal combatants,” mostly from Gaza.
The report documented 42 journalists, 9 parliament members, 116 life-sentenced prisoners, and 9 detainees held since before the Oslo Accords. Violations include torture, medical negligence, starvation, sexual assaults, humiliation, denial of family, lawyer, and Red Cross visits.
Since 1967, 324 prisoners have died in detention, with 94 bodies still held by Israel. Between October 2023 and 2025, around 21,000 Palestinians were arrested, including 1,655 children, 650 women, 217 journalists, and 360 medical workers.
The report criticized Israeli legislation expanding executions, administrative detention, criminalizing expression, and targeting human rights organizations. It called for international accountability, the release of sick prisoners, women, children, the elderly, and access to Israeli prisons for international monitoring.
