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Twelve Israel Prison Service guards indicted over 2023 alleged beating, murder of security prisoner

The indictment, filed with the Beersheba District Court, charges all 12 with reckless homicide, aggravated serious bodily harm, and multiple counts of aggravated assault causing bodily harm.

Members of the Keter unit, an Israeli prison service response unit seen during an operation where Nukhba terrorists (a Hamas unit) being held, at the Ofer Prison near Jerusalem, August 28, 2024.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits the Damon prison.

'Our hostages did not have shampoo': Ben-Gvir taunts prisoners complaining about harsh conditions

Otzma Yehudit party chairman and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, together with members of his party, attends a supporters’ conference ahead of the upcoming general elections in Petah Tikva, central Israel, August 16, 2026.

Israel should kill ‘30-40’ Gazans every night, Ben-Gvir says on ex-hostage’s podcast

PALESTINIAN DOCTOR Hussam Abu Safiya, who was captured by the Israeli military in Gaza in late 2024 and still held in detention, appears via video link at the Israeli Supreme Court hearing in Jerusalem, June 10, 2026.

Gazan doctor accused of Hamas affiliation held without charge in Israel appears before High Court


Raising the bars - inside Israel's high security prisons

Nafha Prison’s deputy warden Yariv Cohen, who is in charge of many security prisoners and terrorists, talks of life in jail from his perspective.

Nafha Prison’s deputy warden Yariv Cohen

Parole board to decide Thursday on releasing ex-PM Olmert

Olmert, who is serving a 27-month sentence for bribery, fraud, and other charges, is requesting his sentence be reduced by a third.

Ehud Olmert

Former PM Olmert to remain hospitalized

After being examined by a doctor at Ma’asiyahu Prison in Ramle, where he is serving a 27-month sentence for two counts of bribery, Olmert was transferred to the hospital on Tuesday afternoon.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

De l’urgence de repenser les prisons

Comment mettre un terme aux grèves de la faim parmi les détenus ? Eléments de réponse avec Orit Adato, anciennement à la tête de l’administration pénitentiaire

Marwan Barghouti entouré de gardiens de prison

Rule of Law: Israel's Palestinian prisoner predicament

As Palestinian prisoners enter the third week of a hunger strike, former Prisons Service chief Orit Adato tells the Post that Israel needs to rethink its policies.

Palestinians take part in a protest in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem April 17, 2017

State folds, returns hunger striking Palestinian prisoners access to lawyers

On April 17, 1,500 Palestinian security prisoners started a hunger strike to protest what they called inhumane treatment and restrictions in the prisons.

A Hebron man demonstrates in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on a hunger strike in protest at being held in administrative detention

Encountering Peace: Prisoners, strikes and rights

The best way to bring Palestinian prisoners home and set them free is to make genuine peace with Israel.

People in Ramallah walk past a poster depicting Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails

Documentary on Palestinian prisoners stirs controversy

A group of the families in collaboration with the right-wing Im Tirtzu organization denounced the documentary as “a direct insult.”

Ofer Prison

Le terrorisme, une affaire rentable

Les auteurs d’attentats bénéficient de nombreux avantages financiers versés par l’Autorité palestinienne

Une mère brandissant la photo de ses enfants, auteurs d'attentats

Cabinet to assess revoking salary from lawmakers suspected in security offenses

The proposed legislation is an amendment bill to the Knesset law that regulates the salary of sitting lawmakers.

MK Bassel Ghattas