Prison visits

Baraka: Strong reactions if IPS reduced prison visits

Saturday-2-September-2023

Member of Hamas’s political bureau Ali Baraka has warned that there will be strong reactions inside and outside Israeli jails if the Israeli prison service (IPS) carried out far-right security minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s decision to shrink the number of visits received by Palestinian prisoners.

After long ban few Gaza families allowed to see relatives in Ramon

Tuesday-12-April-2022

After two years of an Israeli ban on their visits 35 Palestinian citizens from the besieged Gaza Strip were able to see on Tuesday their relatives in Ramon jail which is located in the Negev desert.

B’Tselem: Palestinian families’ visits to Israeli jails “arduous’

Monday-17-February-2020

The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has said in a recent report that the families of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails often face “an arduous journey” when having a chance to visit their detained relatives.

Only seven Gazans allowed to visit relatives in jail

Tuesday-10-December-2019

The Israeli occupation army on Monday morning allowed a few Palestinian citizens from the Gaza Strip to visit their relatives in Beersheba prison.

26 Gazans allowed to visit relatives in Nafha jail

Monday-8-April-2019

Several Palestinian citizens from the Gaza Strip were able on Monday morning to visit their relatives in an Israeli jail.

IOF confiscates prison visit permit from Palestinian mother

Sunday-10-March-2019

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday morning detained the mother of two prisoners at al-Jalama crossing north of Jenin in the West Bank and forced her to return to her home without visiting her sons.

Red Cross: Five Gazans visited relatives in Israeli jail

Tuesday-5-March-2019

In coordination with the Red Cross the Israeli occupation authority at dawn Tuesday allowed only five Palestinian citizens from Gaza to visit their relatives in Eshel jail.