The Palestinian Prisoners' Club condemned statements made by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, which it viewed as an admission of systematic crimes against Palestinian prisoners.

On Monday, Ben-Gvir posted on his Twitter account the punitive measures he has taken against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

He wrote: "There are no possessions (for the prisoners), no canteens, showers for 15 minutes (instead of 8 hours for the section that houses dozens of prisoners), one hour for the yard (the break), no large refrigerators, no representation for the prisoners, no education, no dental treatment, no cosmetic treatments."

Commenting on this, Palestinian Prisoners Club spokesman Amjad al-Najjar said in a statement, "The recent statements by the fascist minister Ben-Gvir constitute a new admission of his crimes, all of which fall under the category of torture, which have led to the deaths of dozens of prisoners and detainees. They constitute sufficient evidence to bring him before international courts."

Al-Najjar added that Ben-Gvir's statement "is an explicit admission of the commission of organized and systematic crimes against prisoners, in addition to dozens of statements in which he incited against prisoners and ordered their killing, both before and after the genocide."

He continued, "The Israeli minister's continued boasting about the crimes being perpetrated against thousands of prisoners in full view of the world reflects the ongoing inability of the international human rights system, which has collapsed in the face of the ongoing genocide, one of the manifestations of which are the ongoing crimes against prisoners and detainees, which are escalating with the passage of time."

On more than one occasion, Ben-Gvir has boasted about his actions against prisoners, appearing in video clips while they are being abused and calling for their execution.

On February 24, he boasted about forcing Palestinian prisoners at gunpoint to kneel and spray-paint walls with phrases including "Arab Jerusalem," and posted a video documenting the incident while Israeli guards held their weapons pointed at them.

At the end of July 2024, Ben-Gvir said in a video clip circulated on social media: "Palestinian prisoners should be shot in the head instead of being given more food."

He affirmed his support for the bill proposed by his right-wing Otzma Yehudit party, which calls for the execution of Palestinian prisoners.

According to data published by the Palestinian Commission of Prisoners' Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club, the number of prisoners in Israeli jails exceeds 9,500, including more than 350 children, 22 female prisoners, and 3,405 administrative detainees.

Administrative detention is a detention order issued by an Israeli military order, based on the pretext of a security threat, without indictment. It lasts for six months, subject to extension. The intelligence service presents a so-called secret file to the court, which the lawyer and/or the detainee are prohibited from reviewing.

According to the two organizations, prisoners "face organized and systematic crimes in Israeli occupation prisons, which have reached their peak since the beginning of the genocide, leading to the martyrdom of dozens of prisoners and detainees. The identities of 63 martyred prisoners and detainees have been announced, including 40 from Gaza, while many of the martyrs among the Gaza detainees remain subject to enforced disappearance."

Coinciding with the war of extermination in Gaza, the Israeli army and settlers escalated their attacks in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, resulting in the deaths of more than 940 Palestinians and the injury of nearly 7,000 others, according to official Palestinian data.