The Palestinian Prisoners' Club said that the Israeli occupation forces, since October 7, have escalated, in an unprecedented manner, systematic abuse and crimes against detainees and their families, using all types of weapons and severe beatings, which led to the recording of injuries among the ranks. Detainees and their families, in addition to threats, intimidation, sabotage and destruction inside homes.

The Prisoner Club stated, in a statement on Tuesday, that the daily and digital data reflect not only the increase in the number of detainees, but also the increase in the level of crimes and violations against them, which have reached the point of threatening them with death.

The arrest campaigns included all groups, including children, the elderly, and women, and also targeted former prisoners, including those who spent years in occupation prisons.

The Prisoner's Club explained that in light of the escalation of arrest campaigns, as well as in light of the data that has begun to come from legal teams, a large portion of detainees are being held in detention in preparation for their transfer to administrative detention, or their detention is being extended against the backdrop of incitement on social media sites, especially in... Jerusalem.

The Prisoner's Club confirmed that the occupation authorities imposed measures that led to extreme difficulties in the work of legal teams in following up on detainees since October 7, specifically in knowing information about the newly detainees, their places of detention, and visiting them.

Among the most prominent measures imposed on legal teams, according to the Prisoner’s Club, Palestinian lawyers who represent Palestinian detainees before military courts were informed of the activation of Article (33) of Military Order No. (1651), which stipulates: arrest procedures “in a military campaign to confront terrorism.” Which allows a person to be detained for 8 days before being brought to court instead of 96 hours, and he is automatically prevented from meeting his lawyer for two days.

It added that there are difficulties in knowing where a detainee is being held, and it takes a lawyer 48 hours to find out where he is being held, or more. Lawyers also face restrictions and obstacles within the courts, with regard to procedural matters and dealing with them, in addition to great difficulties faced by specialized lawyers in visiting prisons.