Security prisoners

‘We are watching you’: IDF posters blanket West Bank before Palestinian prisoner release

One poster, photographed in the area of Ofer Prison, read in Arabic: “We are watching you everywhere."

|ByLIRAN AHARONI, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Palestinian photo shows one of the posters distributed by the IDF near Ofer Prison: “We are watching you everywhere. We told you that any support for or affiliation with a terrorist organization will place you under arrest and subject you to severe penalties. We warned you.”
MARWAN BARGHOUTI is brought into court by police for his judgment hearing in May 2004, at which he was convicted on five counts of murder in terrorist attacks.

Marwan Barghouti not included in hostage, prisoner exhange deal, PMO confirms

The deal will not include the release of four high-profile Palestinian prisoners long sought by Hamas in negotiations: Marwan Barghouti, Ahmad Sa’adat, Hassan Salameh, and Abbas al-Sayed.

|ByLIRAN HARONI, IDAN KWELLER
View of the Gilboa Prison December 5, 2022.

NSC pushes to ban detained terrorists from receiving medical treatment at public hospitals

The Chair of the National Security Council, Zvika Fogel, raised a plan to stop detained terrorists from being treated in public hospitals. "We are not going to reward terrorists," he said.

|ByMAARIV, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli security forces guard at the Ofer prison, outside of Jerusalem, from where Palestinian terror convicts will be released later today as part of a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, February 15, 2025.

National Security Min. budget to reach record NIS 28b. as number of security prisoners grows

In response to the sharp rise in security prisoners, NIS 1.9 billion will be allocated to the Israel Prison Service for the construction of new detention facilities.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

'Lies to break ceasefire': Hamas defends hostage propaganda ceremonies

Hamas claimed that the ceremonies don't insult the released hostages and that they "reflect the humane and dignified treatment of them."

FEBRUARY 23, 2025ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Omer Shem Tov, Eliya Cohen and Omer Wenkert, hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, are released as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.

Israel delays release of Palestinian prisoners, including 41 freed in Schalit deal

The Israeli hostages released in exchange are Avera Mengistu, Eliya Cohen, Hisham al-Sayed, Omer Wenkert, Omer Shem Tov, and Tal Shoham.

FEBRUARY 22, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinians celebrate the release of security prisoners in the central Gaza Strip, February 8, 2025

'We won't forget nor forgive': Israel releases 369 prisoners wearing sweatshirt with message

One of the security prisoners released is Mazen al-Qadi, who was convicted of being involved in a 2002 terror attack in Tel Aviv during the Second Intifada.

FEBRUARY 15, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Security prisoners released on Saturday 15 February 2025 in exchange for three hostages abducted by Hamas.

Israel releases 183 Palestinian prisoners in fifth wave of Gaza ceasefire deal

Eighteen of these prisoners were supposed to be serving life sentences.

FEBRUARY 8, 2025ByLIRAN AHARONI, ALON HACHMON
Palestinians celebrate the release of security prisoners in the central Gaza Strip, February 8, 2025

IDF court issues first major jail term of war against a soldier

Given that the defendant-soldier had spent around 80 days in prison after he was first arrested, he will now return to prison for around four and a half months.

FEBRUARY 6, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Demonstrates protest against the detention of Israeli reserve soldiers suspected of assaulting a Hamas terrorist, at the Sde Teiman military base near Beersheba, July 29, 2024.

Some Palestinian prisoners released by Israel arrive in Turkey after deportation

Turkey takes in 15 Palestinian prisoners deported under Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. Palestinians view those jailed for fighting Israel as resistance heroes.

FEBRUARY 4, 2025ByREUTERS
A demonstrator waves Turkish and Palestinian flags during a protest to express support for Palestinians in Gaza, a day ahead of the anniversary of the October 7th attack, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 6, 2024.

Hamas says Pakistan agreed to host Palestinian prisoners released in ceasefire

Pakistan’s Interior Ministry has denied any knowledge of the arrangement, and the Foreign Ministry has yet to respond.

FEBRUARY 4, 2025ByARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE
Red Cross vehicle is seen near the Ofer Prison, near Jerusalem, January 19, 2025

Netanyahu aide Eli Feldstein indicted for endangering national security

Feldstein is accused of leaking classified documents that harmed the war effort and reduced the chances of a successful hostage deal.

NOVEMBER 21, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, ELIAV BREUER
L-R: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Eliezer Feldstein, a suspect in the leaked PMO documents case (illustrative)

'I'm the political echelon': Ben-Gvir reiterates opposition to Tibi, Barghouti meeting

Ben-Gvir made the remarks at Israel's Supreme Court, where he attended a hearing on a petition filed by Tibi which requests members of Knesset to be allowed to meet with security prisoners. 

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on September 11, 2024

Sexual violence in Israeli jails: 38% of female guards assaulted by security prisoners

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman said such orders were in stark contrast with the female soldiers' protection report published in November 2022. 

APRIL 2, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
GILBOA PRISON, in northern Israel near the West Bank.

Israeli who joined Hamas: Security detainee pronounced dead at hospital

In December 2023, Abu Ganima, an Israeli citizen resident of the Negev, was arrested by IDF forces while trying to enter Israel from the Gaza Strip.

MARCH 16, 2024BySHLOMI HELLER
GAZA’S security is run by Hamas and other Palestinian factions who work to maintain security in the enclave.