RAMALLAH, (PIC)
The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs reported that Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli Megiddo prison suffered a health setback a few days ago due to consuming spoiled food provided by the prison administration.
The Commission stated in a press release on Sunday that the administration of Megiddo prison deliberately served spoiled food to the prisoners a few days ago, resulting in the prisoners experiencing health issues after eating expired eggs.
It added that the prisoners felt abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and high fever, yet they were left without any treatment or medical examination.
The Commission pointed out that the prisoners in Megiddo prison faced repression days ago, as special units of the Israeli prison service stormed one of the prison’s sections late at night and sprayed pepper gas inside the rooms without any stated reason or justification for a search.
All prisoners in the facility are subjected to beatings and abuse if any prisoner objects to the oppression. According to testimonies given by the prisoners to the Commission’s lawyer, the prisoners face such brutal mistreatment approximately every ten days.
As of early April 2025, the number of prisoners and detainees in the Israeli prisons exceeded 9,900, including at least 400 children and 27 female prisoners, while the number of administrative detainees reached 3,498.
1,747 Palestinians were classified by the Israeli prison administration as “unlawful combatants” from Gaza Strip. This figure does not include all detainees from Gaza Strip, particularly those in camps run by the Israeli army.
Before the genocide, the total number of Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli prisons exceeded 5,250, with the number of female prisoners being 40, and the number of children 170, while the number of administrative detainees was approximately 1,320.
