DaysofPal – The Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs has published new testimonies from three prisoners held in Israel’s Ofer military camp, documenting some of the “harshest and most brutal” detention conditions to date. The accounts reveal a pattern of medical negligence, physical abuse, daily raids, and degrading treatment.
According to a report released Sunday by the commission’s lawyer, detainee Ahmed Adel Harish, from Beitunia west of Ramallah, has been suffering from intense stomach pain believed to be caused by a bacterial infection. Despite this, Harish, arrested on 31 August 2025, has received nothing but painkillers.
Harish reported extreme delays in receiving medical attention, saying the camp doctor often arrives hours late or does not show up at all.
He added that the doctor calls out to prisoners provocatively from behind a window, reportedly shouting, “Who wants to die?”
Harish also recounted a mass raid on his room after soldiers broke a nail clipper. The raid involved beating prisoners and forcing them into the yard in handcuffs for hours.
He said that a female soldier was later sent into the section under the pretext of receiving complaints, only for him to be summoned afterward and punished for speaking out, either through an administrative detention order or with humiliating measures.
Another detainee, Naji Sharif Mahmoud Awadallah, 24, also from Beitunia and held under a four-month administrative detention order since 28 August 2025, described similarly harsh conditions. He cited continuous beatings, daily inspections and raids, insufficient food, poor hygiene, and deliberate sleep deprivation, including the removal of mattresses at 6 a.m. as a form of punishment.
The third testimony came from Izz al-Din Ahmed Khaddour, 20, from the town of Biddu northwest of Jerusalem, who was receiving treatment for a foot injury before his arrest.
Since being detained on 2 September 2025, his second time in detention, he has not received any medication or medical follow-up for 70 days.
Khaddour described extremely poor living conditions, noting that detainees are forced to drink water directly from a bathroom tap due to the absence of cups. He stressed that cells lack even the most basic necessities.
The Commission said these testimonies reflect a dangerous deterioration in humanitarian conditions inside Ofer camp. It renewed its call for urgent intervention to halt ongoing violations against Palestinian detainees, warning that the situation is rapidly worsening.
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