Union for Justice: 16 Prisoners Martyred in Israeli Prisons in Just the Past 5 Months
3/9/2025 – Union for Justice Organization
The Union for Justice Organization stated that 16 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons were announced dead in the past five months alone, as a result of severe torture, deliberate medical neglect, and malnutrition.
The organization noted that the total number of Palestinian prisoners who have died in Israeli prisons has risen to 77 since October 7, 2023, bringing the total number of documented martyrs from the prisoners’ movement since 1967 to 314.
According to official data issued by human rights organizations, the number of bodies of deceased prisoners withheld by Israel has reached 85, including 74 since the beginning of the war.
The report highlights that the Israeli occupation authorities are committing the crime of enforced disappearance against dozens of Palestinians who were arrested either from within Gaza or from settlements near the Strip. Families are left without any information about the fate of their loved ones—whether they are prisoners or martyrs—due to the scarcity of information and the occupation’s refusal to provide the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) with any details about them.
The Union for Justice emphasized that since the beginning of the war, Israeli prisons have turned into centers for field executions, brutal torture, sexual assaults, and electric shocks, housing tens of thousands of starved and ill prisoners who suffer from deliberate medical neglect and psychological humiliation.
It also pointed out that the occupation authorities have deliberately banned the entry of personal hygiene supplies to the prisoners, which has led to the spread of serious skin diseases, most notably scabies, a condition that causes severe skin ulcers and scars that last for months.
The Sde Teiman Prison, located on a military base in the Negev desert, has become a symbol of the grave and horrific violations committed by the occupation authorities against Gaza detainees, to the extent that it is now commonly referred to as “Israel’s Guantanamo.”
The Union for Justice Organization stressed that the Israeli Prison Service, along with the Shin Bet (Shabak) and intelligence agencies, believe themselves immune from legal accountability and international prosecution, especially since the Israeli authorities have prohibited the Red Cross from visiting Palestinian prisoners since October 7, 2023.
Recently, the President of the Israeli Supreme Court, Justice Yitzhak Amit, criticized both National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Prison Service for banning Red Cross representatives from visiting Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.
Several videos have surfaced showing Ben-Gvir personally supervising and monitoring Israeli suppression forces as they storm prisoners’ cells, humiliate detainees, and force them to sit in degrading positions, with dogs standing over them.
Ben-Gvir is reportedly pushing for legislation that would allow Israeli courts to impose the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners held by the occupation authorities.
The Martyrs Lists… They Are Not Just Numbers
The martyr Musab Abdul-Munim Al-Aida, 20 years old, from Hebron, is the latest martyr of the prisoners’ movement, whose death the occupation announced at Shaare Zedek Hospital on August 25, 2025.
Al-Aida had been arrested on August 21, after being shot by Israeli forces in the Tel Rumeida area of Hebron. Despite his severe injury, an extension hearing for his detention was held at Ofer Military Court.
On August 3, 2025, the Israeli Megiddo Prison administration announced the death of Ahmad Saeed Saleh Tazaz’ah, 20 years old, from Jenin, without revealing the cause of his death. He had been arrested on May 6, 2025.
On July 30, 2025, the Israeli Prison Service announced the death of Sayel Rajab Abu Nasr, 60 years old, from the Gaza Strip, months after his actual death date. He had been detained since November 2023.
On July 17, 2025, the Israeli Prison Service announced the death of Samir Muhammad Yusuf Al-Rifai, 53 years old, from Rummana village near Jenin, again without specifying the reason for his death. He had been arrested on July 10, 2025.
On June 30, 2025, the Prison Service announced the death of Luay Faisal Muhammad Nasrallah, 22 years old, from Jenin, at Soroka Hospital. He had been held under administrative detention since March 26, 2024.
On June 13, 2025, the occupation authorities announced the death of Raed Suleiman Asa’sa, 57 years old, from Allar village near Tulkarm, who died in an Israeli hospital 27 days after his arrest from his workplace in the 1948-occupied territories.
On June 4, 2025, the occupation announced the death of Muhammad Ibrahim Hussein Abu Habl, 70 years old, from the Gaza Strip, months after his actual martyrdom date. He had been arrested on November 12, 2024, near the so-called “Civil Administration” checkpoint in Gaza.
On May 22, 2025, the administration of Sde Teiman Prison revealed that Amr Hatem Odeh, 33 years old, from Gaza, had died on December 13, 2023.
On May 15, 2025, the Israeli army disclosed that Bilal Talal Salameh, 24 years old, from Gaza, who had been arrested in March 2024 while fleeing from Khan Yunis, had died on August 11, 2024.
On the same day, May 15, 2025, the Israeli army also revealed that Ayman Abdel Hadi Qudaih, 56 years old, from Gaza, who had been arrested on October 7, 2023, died five days after his arrest in the Gaza envelope settlements.
On May 4, 2025, the Prison Service announced the death of Muhyi al-Din Fahmi Saeed Najm, 60 years old, from Siris village near Jenin, at Soroka Hospital. He had been under administrative detention since August 8, 2023.
On May 2, 2025, the Prison Service announced the death of Muhammad Ismail Al-Astal, 46 years old, from Gaza, who had been detained since February 7, 2024.
On April 20, 2025, the Prison Service announced the death of Nasser Khalil Radaideh, 49 years old, from Al-Abediya village near Bethlehem, at Hadassah Hospital, a day after he had been transferred there from Ofer Prison. He had been arrested on September 18, 2023, after being shot by Israeli forces at the time.
On April 17, 2025, the Prison Service announced the death of Musab Hassan Udaili, 20 years old, from Osarin village near Nablus, at Soroka Hospital. He had been arrested on March 22, 2024, was serving a 13-month sentence, and was due to be released just three days before his death.
On April 12, 2025, the Addameer Human Rights Organization reported the death under torture of Khalil Ahmad Khalil Haniyeh, 35 years old, from Gaza, in Naqab (Negev) Prison. He had been arrested from inside a school in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City on December 21, 2023. On April 6, 2025, the family of detainee Taysir Saeed Sababa, from Gaza, announced his death in Israeli custody. He had been arrested on October 7, 2024.
