arrest and detention

A man, face unseen, sits with his hands on his knees

Three stories of Israeli detention

Tareq Zaqout 19 December 2024

Physical and psychological torture, arbitrary capture, coercive interrogations mark time in Israel’s notorious detention centers. Read more about Three stories of Israeli detention

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Israel's desert torture camp faces legal challenge

Maureen Clare Murphy 11 June 2024

Detainees transferred to other facilities but Sde Teiman to remain operational, state says. Read more about Israel's desert torture camp faces legal challenge

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Renowned Gaza surgeon killed in Israeli detention

Maureen Clare Murphy 4 May 2024

Palestinian Authority calls Dr. Adnan al-Bursh’s death a “deliberate assassination.” Read more about Renowned Gaza surgeon killed in Israeli detention

Landscape view of families, including woman carrying a white flag and a man pushing a woman in a wheelchair, walking on debris-strewn road with bombed-out buildings in the distance

Gaza truce extended as Israel threatens even bigger attack

Maureen Clare Murphy 28 November 2023

Hamas and Israel to exchange prisoners for an additional two days. Read more about Gaza truce extended as Israel threatens even bigger attack

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Israeli secret dossier contains no evidence of "terror" by Palestinian groups

Maureen Clare Murphy 4 November 2021

Allegations based on testimony obtained under mistreatment and torture. Read more about Israeli secret dossier contains no evidence of "terror" by Palestinian groups

Four soldiers detain youths lying on the street next to a car

Ceasefire puts no end to Israeli repression

Maureen Clare Murphy 22 May 2021

Police attack Palestinians in Jerusalem after weeks of mass arrests. Read more about Ceasefire puts no end to Israeli repression

A wounded man wearing a press helmet and flak jacket is carried on a stretcher

Israeli repression aims to silence Palestinian journalists

Greg Shupak 13 April 2021

Murder, detention and intimidation are key tactics in the war to control the narrative. Read more about Israeli repression aims to silence Palestinian journalists

Couple stand in front of abandoned stone building on slope

Israel wants to deport me from my city of birth

Salah Hammouri 11 November 2020

The attack on me is part of a wider effort to push Palestinians out of Jerusalem. Read more about Israel wants to deport me from my city of birth

A crowd of people turn their palms upward in prayer

Prisoners denied timely treatment dying in Israeli custody

Jaclynn Ashly 5 March 2020

More than 200 Palestinians have died because they did not receive adequate medical care while in jail. Read more about Prisoners denied timely treatment dying in Israeli custody

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Free, scarred and barred from talking

Hamza Abu Eltarabesh 13 December 2019

Egyptian military accused of torturing Palestinians traveling through the Sinai. Read more about Free, scarred and barred from talking