The Palestinian Prisoners' Club affirmed on Monday that the issue of Gaza detainees is the greatest challenge facing the relevant institutions as a result of the occupation's continued imposition of the crime of enforced disappearance against them, stressing at the same time that the Israeli occupation continues its arrest operations against civilian citizens in Gaza, harassing them and detaining them in humiliating conditions.

The Prisoners' Club said, in a statement issued by it, that in light of the continued arrest operations against civilians in Gaza, and their detention in harsh and humiliating conditions in the bitter cold, based on the pictures published on the media of dozens of detainees from Khan Yunis, as well as in light of testimonies reported by media outlets, Media coverage of female prisoners from Gaza who were released from occupation prisons and camps revealed a number of facts.

In a related context, a report revealed that the American CNN channel broadcast one of the episodes of the crime that Israel continues, and broadcast scenes of blindfolded men arrested by the occupation army on the Gaza border while they were suffering from severe fatigue, while they were barefoot and wearing light clothing, before they were transferred to an unknown destination.

In turn, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club emphasized that the testimonies of Gaza detainees, including women and children, reflect a high level of brutality as a result of torture, abuse, and harsh and humiliating conditions of detention, which caused them physical injuries, in addition to the psychological effects they were exposed to as a result of the torture and humiliation.

The statement continued by saying: The Israeli occupation still refuses to disclose any clear data about Gaza detainees in its prisons and camps, and is carrying out the crime of enforced disappearance against them, in light of the number of military orders and laws imposed by the occupation regarding dealing with Gaza detainees, as well as in light of the recent approval by the Israeli Knesset. The regulations prohibiting Gaza detainees from meeting with a lawyer will take effect for another four months.

The Prisoner’s Club emphasized that “the data available to the institutions until today are very small data obtained by the institutions through the detainees who were released, as the institutions face great challenges in following up on the issue of Gaza detainees, and the available data is represented by some of the names of the camps and prisons in which the detainees are held.” From Gaza, including Sde Teman camp in Beersheba, Anatot camp, Ofer prison, Damon prison, and other camps belonging to the occupation army.

It added that with regard to the issue of Gaza detainees who were martyred in the occupation prisons and camps, two Gaza detainees out of 7 detainees who were martyred in the occupation prisons after October 7th, one of them whose identity was revealed, and another whose identity the occupation did not reveal, in addition to the occupation’s confession of the execution of one of the detainees, in addition to what the occupation media revealed about the martyrdom of a group of detainees in the Sde Teman camp in Beersheba.

At the end of last December, the occupation prison administration announced the detention of 661 Gaza detainees, whom it classified as “unlawful combatants,” according to the occupation’s description of them, including female captives.

The Prisoners' Club said: According to the competent institutions and international human rights organizations, estimates of the number of detainees in Gaza reach thousands, the majority of whom are civilians.

It is noteworthy that Israel released today a group of Gaza detainees from the Karem Abu Salem military crossing, including, according to available data, 19 female prisoners, some of whom are from one family.

The club concluded its statement by saying: Despite all the calls made by Palestinian institutions to human rights institutions at all levels, to reveal the fate of Gaza detainees, international human rights institutions have failed, to date, to play their necessary role towards the issue of prisoners and detainees, due to the continuation of the comprehensive aggression against our people and genocide. in Gaza.

The American CNN channel published a report showing a group of Palestinian prisoners who were arrested by Israel forces from the Gaza Strip, exhausted and in a miserable condition.

According to the channel’s report, there were more than 20 men sitting on the ground, blindfolded and barefoot, with their hands tied behind their backs. While masked Israeli soldiers stood guard.

The report said that the scene was observed last Saturday, showing exhaustion on some of the men, whose heads fell forward and swayed as they tried to remain crouched. While one of the detainees was lying on the ground before an Israeli soldier arrived to wake him up.

The men were barefoot and appeared to be wearing only white disposable aprons, despite the cold weather and temperatures reaching 10 degrees Celsius.