Genocide behind bars: 32 Palestinians killed in Israeli detention in 2025

Leading Palestinian prisoner rights groups have accused Israel of committing a "systematic genocide" against detainees, with at least 32 recorded prisoner deaths in 2025.

According to an annual report published by the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) and Addameer, prisoners have died under "severely inhumane systematic policies".

"These facilities have turned into sites of torture, designed to break prisoners physically and mentally through prolonged, deliberate suffering, and slow-execution policies," the report said. 

At least 100 prisoner deaths under these conditions have been documented since October 2023, according to information disclosed by Israel. The identities of 86 of them were released, while the real Palestinian death toll in Israeli prisons remains unknown. 

The report noted that 94 bodies of Palestinians – 83 of whom died during Israel's genocidal war on Gaza – continue to be withheld by Israeli authorities.

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