The Palestinian Prisoners' Club said on Monday that Palestinian journalist Moaz Amarneh, who has been detained by Israel since last October 16, "suffers difficult detention conditions and is subjected to torture and abuse."

The club added in a statement, “Amarna (36 years old), from Bethlehem, faces difficult health conditions in the Israeli Megiddo prison, as a result of the systematic retaliatory measures and torture imposed by the occupation on prisoners and detainees in an unprecedented and double manner after October 7.”

It continued: "Journalist Amarneh, who has been administratively detained since October 16, was subjected to abuse and torture, as were all detainees. Today he suffers from difficulty seeing and a blurriness in his right eye."

It pointed out that "in the context of the medical crimes carried out by the occupation against prisoners and detainees, he refuses to this day to allow the insertion of his glass eye and glasses, after he lost one of his eyes in 2019 to the bullets of the occupation soldiers, while practicing his journalistic work, as the bullet settled on the wall of the brain."

It explained that "Amarna suffers from chronic diabetes, which has worsened in light of the prison administration's implementation of the starvation policy against prisoners. He also suffers from severe bouts of pain and headaches due to the extreme cold."

According to the Prisoners' Club, "Amarna has not been able to change his clothes since his arrest after they confiscated his clothes. What remains of him is a light jacket that does not protect him from the extreme cold. This is in addition to the prison administration taking off his shoes for a long time."

It added, "Amarna is one of 46 male and female journalists who were arrested after October 7, as the occupation escalated its policy of arresting journalists and targeting them with all repressive means and tools."

It pointed out the continued detention of 32 journalists, including 19 who were transferred to administrative detention under the pretext of having a secret file, including journalist Amarneh. “Also, the occupation brought charges against some of them related to what it claims is incitement on social media sites.”

Administrative detention is a detention decision by Israeli military order on the grounds of a security threat, without an indictment, and it extends to 6 months, which can be extended.

The Prisoner Club also indicated that “among the cases of arrest among journalists are two journalists from Gaza, namely Moamen Al-Halabi and Diaa Al-Kahlot, while the fate of journalist Nidal Al-Wahidi is unknown.”

On Sunday, the government media office in Gaza announced that the number of journalists killed by the Israeli army during its war on the Strip had risen to 92 since last October 7.

Earlier today, Monday, the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced that the death toll from the Israeli “aggression” on the Gaza Strip had risen to 19,453, in addition to 52,286 wounded, since last October 7.