Palestinian prisoners

'You picked the wrong minister': Ben-Gvir threatens terrorists with execution in prison footage

The footage shows a meeting he held about a month ago with terrorists who, he claims, belonged to one of the cells that planned to assassinate him and harm members of his family.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir confronts an imprisoned terrorist.
Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to imprisoned Hamas terrorist Hassan Salameh.

'I'm responsible for hell': Ben-Gvir threatens Hamas terrorist behind 1996 bus bombings

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.

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

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.

Terrorist who killed Israeli minister reportedly fathers twins using sperm smuggled from prison


Ceasefire takes effect after Israeli gov't votes to approve Gaza deal

Ministers Ben-Gvir, Smotrich, and Strock voted against the deal.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes a government meeting on the Gaza deal, with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in attendance, in Jerusalem, October 9, 2025

Hamas says hostages, prisoner lists exchanged in latest ceasefire negotiations

Hamas confirms the list of Palestinian prisoners to be released in exchange for Israeli hostages as part of ongoing ceasefire negotiations focused on ending the war in Gaza.

Hamas official Taher al-Nunu in Gaza City in 2009.

‘I’ll stand at prison gates’: MKs push to block Red Cross visits to Israeli prisons

MKs oppose Red Cross visits to Palestinian prisoners, citing security concerns and lack of action on hostages held by Hamas. Calls for reciprocity persist.

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

NGO: Israel's 11,000 Palestinian security prisoners breaks record

Administrative detention numbers have surged in Israel, now three times higher than during the Second Intifada, reports HaMoked.

 A Palestinian prisoner waits to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007

Herzog weighs clemency option tied to hostage deal, though no decision made yet

The President’s Residence said a request had been received that relies on past precedent and that any decision would be taken only following a full inter-agency review and legal opinions.

Israel's president Isaac Herzog at the opening ceremony of the new Knesset museum, in Jerusalem on August 11, 2025.

Ben-Gvir hangs images of ruined Gaza in jails to intimidate Palestinian prisoners, Barghouti claims

“This is what they have to see in the morning when they go out for their yard hour. One of them, I think here (pointing), that’s his house," the minister said.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir seen after a visit at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Old City, during the Tisha B’Av, August 3, 2025.

Palestinian security prisoners can be referred to as ‘hostages’ in UK reporting, regulator rules

The organization claimed the description of the prisoners as hostages, many of whom were members of Hamas, was “subjective.”

 A FREED Palestinian prisoner holds a weapon as he is carried after his release by Israel as part of the hostage deal, in Khan Yunis, last Saturday. We face vile murderers who scorn human life, individuals who planned attacks and killed dozens, including infants, families, young men, and women, the

Reuters retracts article on released Palestinian prisoner after failing to authenticate his claims

The article, headlined as “Gaza mother's hopes for return of long-jailed son dashed,” claimed Diaa El Agha murdered a Mossad agent - when evidence suggests the victim was an Israeli civilian.

Diaa El Agha, a freed Palestinian prisoner, kisses his mother Najat El Agha's hand after being released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, February 27, 2025.

Herzog slams BBC for 'false equivalence' of Israeli hostages, Palestinian prisoners

Herzog called for an end to what he described as a “preposterous” narrative that equates Israel’s legal system with Hamas’s brutality.

 Hamas terrorists force Or Levy, Eli Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami onstage ahead of their release in Gaza, February 8, 2025.

IDF attempts to curb public disorder, prevent celebrations amid prisoner release in West Bank

Despite these actions, Palestinians in Ramallah held celebrations upon the release of the Palestinian detainees.

The reinforcement of IDF soldiers in the West Bank, February 8, 2025.