The lawyer of the Prisoners' Affairs Authority and the Freed Prisoners reported that all the detainees she visited in Megiddo Prison were brought to the visit with their hands and feet shackled, and that the prison guards did not leave them for a moment. Rather, they deliberately pressured the lawyer to end her meeting quickly, and they only gave her 15 minutes for each detainee, which prevented her from speaking with them in privacy and freedom, and prevented her from knowing all the details related to their conditions inside the prison.

The Commission said in a statement on Monday that the lawyer met with the detainee Kamal Ibrahim Zarifa (68 years old) from Nablus, who suffers from many diseases including diabetes, high blood pressure, prostate, and hemorrhoids. He also suffers from scabies, and complains of severe itching that prevents him from sleeping. He has lost 30 kilograms of his weight since his arrest due to malnutrition.

The prisoner says: “I am almost seventy years old, and I suffer from several diseases, the most difficult of which is hemorrhoids. My stomach is hardened and I suffer from severe constipation because of the poor quality of the food, which is nothing but starches. There are no vegetables, fruits or soups. Our food consists of nothing but rice and chickpeas. I ask for stomach laxatives, but no one answers. Most of the detainees suffer from constipation.”

The Commission indicated that Tarifa was arrested on 08/13/2024, and was sentenced to 6 months of administrative imprisonment, which was renewed for another 6 months.

As for the detainee Walid Raafat Adili (24 years old) from Nablus, he underwent surgery and a corneal transplant before his arrest. There are 20 stitches in his eye that must be removed as soon as possible, otherwise it will lead to the failure of the operation and damage to the cornea, but the prison administration prevents him from meeting the doctor and strongly refuses to do so.

Adili lost more than 55 kilograms of his weight, due to the poor quantity and quality of food inside the prison. It is noteworthy that he was arrested on 03/23/2024, and was sentenced to 6 months of administrative imprisonment, which was renewed again.

Regarding the detained young boy Ahmed Khader Al-Hasanat (16 years old) from the city of Bethlehem, he suffers from scabies disease that has spread widely throughout his body. The prison administration confined him with 10 other young boys in one room, without providing them with any kind of treatment. He was arrested on 10/7/2024, and an administrative prison sentence was issued against him for 5 months, which was renewed for another 4 months.