RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian women released as part of a prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Hamas have revealed severe mistreatment by Israeli authorities during their detention. The accounts shed light on the struggles faced by detainees in Israeli prisons and the abuse they endured before their release. Raghad Amro, 23,...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas has said that the health condition of freed Palestinian prisoners reflected Israel’s “barbarity and fascism.” The Israeli authorities released 90 Palestinian prisoners, including women and children, on Sunday night from Ofer Prison, west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, under the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire and ...
A Palestinian prisoner, identified as GV, has accused Israeli interrogators at Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank of trying to drown him in toilet water. Released by the Palestine Prisoners’ Board and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Association, a report details GV’s harrowing account of torture and abuse. Captured on March 2 in Khan Younis in [...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces have taken hostage 142 Palestinian women and children during their ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, including nursing infants and the elderly, two social welfare organizations have announced. The information was disclosed in a joint statement issued by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and th...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Thirty Palestinian prisoners were freed overnight Wednesday, Israeli prison authorities said. “During the night, 30 male and female security prisoners were released from a number of prison facilities,” the country’s prison service said in a statement. Among those freed was Ahed Tamimi, a 22-ye...
