RAMALLAH, September 23, 2025 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said that the Israeli prison system continues its policies and medical neglect and systemic abuse against Palestinian detainees, aiming to destroy them physically and psychologically.

The PPS described these practices are as part of a deliberate slow-death policy that has led to the deaths of dozens of detainees since the start of Israel’s war of extermination.

In a statement, he PPS noted that through legal visits to detainees, as well as monitoring cases of prisoners released after completing their sentences, it has become clear that the number of those suffering from chronic physical and psychological illnesses is rising at unprecedented levels.

The PPS further emphasized that the overwhelming majority of those visited are suffering from at least one health problem.

It affirmed that the ongoing spread of diseases and epidemics among detainees reflects the level of the health catastrophe engineered and shaped by the prison system, leading to the deaths of more prisoners. In addition to the continued spread of scabies, which has infected thousands of prisoners, there are many diseases that appear without a clear diagnosis. Some of them were transferred to hospitals immediately after their release, only to later discover that they were suffering from chronic diseases.

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