Hamas official says Palestinian prisoners facing slow death in Zionist regime's jails

“Assaulting prisoner Abdullah Barghouthi in Gilboa jail is part of a systematic abuse policy carried out by the [Israeli] prison administration under political directives,” Shadeed said in a statement on Tuesday.

“What is happening in Israeli jails reflects the threats made by extremist minister Itamar Ben Gvir to target the prisoners and their leaders,” Shadeed added.

The Hamas official warned that the health of Barghouthi and other prisoners may deteriorate as they are deprived of receiving medical care, accusing Israeli jailers of attempting to break prisoners’ resilience.

Shadeed called on the international community and human rights groups to take urgent action to protect Palestinian prisoners against Israeli violations in jails.

In a related context, Abdullah al-Zaghari, head of the Palestinian Prisoner Society, said that the report released recently by Physicians for Human Rights in Israel documented 94 deaths of Palestinian prisoners in Zionist regime’s jails from the start of the genocidal war until August 2025, with four additional deaths announced later, bringing the total to 98, expressing his belief that the actual death toll likely exceeds one hundred.

Zaghari explained that this number does not include prisoners who were shot prior to their arrest and later died in Zionist regime’s hospitals, nor does it account for dozens who were executed immediately after being detained.