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

A statement from Ben-Gvir’s office claimed that the prisoners were female Islamic Jihad terrorists.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits the Damon prison.
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

A prison guard with a dog watches as a convoy carrying released Palestinian prisoners leaves the Ktzi’ot Prison in the Negev Desert of Israel, February 27, 2025.

From Rutgers speaker to Kristof column, disputed dog rape claim against Israel goes mainstream


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

In response to the sharp rise in security prisoners, NIS 1.9 billion will be allocated to the Israel Prison Service for the construction of new detention facilities.

 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.

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

An imprisoned senior Hamas official told the Israeli Prison Service Commissioner: "You will end the war outside; we will start it in prison."

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

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

The High Court of Justice issued a conditional order according to which the state must explain why visits by the Red Cross's representatives to Israeli prisons should be prevented.

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

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.