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IDF denies allegations of torture after BBC interviews freed Gazan prisoners

BBC interview released Gazan prisoners who allege that they were tortured while detained in Israeli prisons.

An Israeli police officer looks on as a Red Cross vehicle is seen near the Israeli military prison, Ofer, on the day Israel releases Palestinian prisoners as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, near Ramallah in the West Bank, January 19, 2025.
 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.

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

Hamas Nukhba terrorists being held at the Ofer Prison, near Jerusalem, Israel, August 28, 2024

Hamas, Fatah officials warn: We will start wars in Israeli prisons

 Israeli hostages are handed over to the International Red Cross at Rafah, this past week.

Ministers to Netanyahu: No Red Cross visits to Nukhba terrorists without hostage checks first


Far-left org. B'Tselem claims Palestinian prisoners subject to systematic abuse

The IDF has said it is investigating allegations of mistreatment of detainees at facilities in Israel

 Protesters wave Israeli flags outside the Sde Teiman detention facility, after Israeli Military Police arrived at the site as part of an investigation into suspected abuse of a Palestinian detainee, near Beersheba in southern Israel, July 29, 2024.

Yad Vashem, Prison Service reveal Holocaust education for inmates

This joint Yad Vashem and Israel Prison Service initiative is part of a broader educational movement within the penal system.

 Inmates take part in program that teaches Holocaust education.

New report shows disturbing conditions inside Israel's prisons

"The conditions violate human dignity," the report stated.

 View of the Gilboa Prison December 5, 2022.

Prison guard could face criminal charges for abuse accusation due to 'selective enforcement'

A memorandum written by the prison warden could have Moshe Toito charged as a criminal.

 Prison worker Moishe Toito

What are the conditions like for Hamas's 'Nukhba' terrorists in prison?

From the outbreak of the war until last week, about 3,400 more prisoners were arrested and imprisoned, most of them terrorists from Gaza and the West Bank, all identified with Hamas.

 Sub-Warden Yosef Knipes.

Will continuous spats between Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir collapse the gov't? - analysis

This spat is only the latest in a series of disagreements between the two in the eight months the government has been in power and even stretch as far back as before the government was sworn in.

 Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir at the annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, on February 21, 2023.

Israel’s legal process for criminals ‘significantly longer’ than other states, study finds

Israel has a disposition time – the maximum number of days needed for a case to be resolved – of 262 days, 134 days more than the average 128 days of the 11 countries reviewed.

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

Israeli prisons face overcrowding crisis as renovations frozen

A delay in renovation construction was ordered in the hopes of freeing up 200 more spots for convicts to alleviate overcrowding.

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

Watch: Gilboa prison escape wasn't caught due to lackluster security

The video shows the guard who was on duty that night going after the proscribed routine in a sloppy and unattentive manner.

 View of a drill for prison guards at the Israeli Prison Authorities, Gilboa Prison, near Israel Valley. December 5, 2022.

Mandatory IDF service positions in prison terror wings canceled - Ben-Gvir

Ben-Gvir's decision comes against the background of several serious incidents of injuries to soldiers in the Israeli prison system and the Gilboa pimping affair.

 View of a drill for prison guards at the Israeli Prison Authorities, Gilboa Prison, near Israel Valley. December 5, 2022.

Ben-Gvir, police prepare for release of terrorist Maher Younis after 40 years

The police plans to prevent a repetition of the celebrations after the recent release of his cousin Karim Younis from prison.

 Longest serving Palestinian prisoner, Karim Younis, gestures as he is welcomed at his village, after he was freed from Israeli jail earlier today, in Ara, Israel January 5, 2023.