Martyrdom of a Palestinian prisoner from Gaza in the occupation prisons

A joint statement by the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner's Society confirmed the martyrdom of prisoner Hamza Abdullah Adwan (67 years old) from the Gaza Strip, who was martyred on September 9, 2025, in Israeli occupation prisons.

Adwan was arrested from Gaza on November 12, 2024. He was married and a father of nine children, two of whom were martyred before the outbreak of the last war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

It is worth noting that the Palestinian Prisoner's Society confirmed that the number of Palestinian prisoners and detainees killed in Israeli prisons since 1967 has reached 323 prisoners, including more than 100 martyrs since the start of the genocide in Gaza in October 2023.

The society explained in a statement issued on Wednesday that this figure includes cases that Palestinian human rights, medical, and legal institutions were able to document their killing over the past decades, in light of what it described as Israel's "policy of concealment and obfuscation."

The Palestinian Prisoner's Society stated that the period after the outbreak of the Israeli genocide war on the Gaza Strip constituted "the most dangerous and bloodiest transformation in the history of the prisoner movement, both in terms of the number of martyrs and the nature of the crimes committed within the prison system and detention centers."

It clarified that the identities of 86 martyred prisoners have been announced so far after October 8, and that among them are 50 prisoners from the Gaza Strip. The society considered this a clear indication of the escalation of systematic killing policies, especially against Gaza detainees who are subjected to harsh and inhumane detention conditions.

It affirmed that the announced numbers do not represent the final toll, as documentation operations are still ongoing, at a time when "an integrated system of punitive policies continues, including physical and psychological torture, deliberate starvation, neglect and medical crimes, in addition to organized repression and deprivation of the most basic fundamental rights," according to the statement.

It pointed out that Israeli authorities continue to detain the bodies of 94 martyred prisoners inside their prisons, 83 of whom died after the start of the genocide war in Gaza, which constitutes a blatant violation of international humanitarian law.

It considered that the number of martyred prisoners exceeding the 100 mark in a relatively short period represents a dangerous historical precedent, and "reflects an unprecedented level of violence and savagery, turning Israeli prisons into one of the arenas of ongoing genocide."

The Palestinian Prisoner's Society called on the international community and its human rights and judicial bodies to "assume their responsibilities to act immediately to protect prisoners, hold occupation leaders accountable for these crimes, and put an end to the state of impunity."

It is worth noting that Israel detains more than 9,300 Palestinian prisoners, including children and women, who suffer from torture, starvation, and medical neglect, which has led to the death of many of them, according to Palestinian and Israeli human rights reports.

Palestinian human rights organizations, including the Palestinian Prisoner's Society, Addameer Foundation, and the Commission of Detainees Affairs, documented about 7,000 arrests last year, including 600 children and 200 women, while the number of arrests since October 8, 2023, reached about 21,000, including 1,655 children and 650 women, not counting detainees from Gaza and the occupied interior.