On Monday, 03 November 2025, the National Security Committee of the Israeli Knesset approved a draft bill imposing the death penalty on Palestinians. The bill, if enacted, would apply the death penalty to any person who kills an Israeli on national grounds.
Osaid Mahfouz was arrested at dawn on December 19, 2024, after Israeli occupation forces besieged his home in Askar Camp. According to his father, Mr. Khalil Mahfouz, the family woke up to the sounds of soldiers violently knocking on the door. They opened it immediately for fear of a break-in. The soldiers raided the rooms, woke all family members, then entered Osaid’s room, who was awake at the time, and took him to the living room.
Background of the Arrest
- This data is based on information published by detainees’ institutions and what has been announced by the Israeli Prison Service as of November 2025. -
- This data is based on information published by detainees’ institutions and what has been announced by the Israeli Prison Service as of November 2025. -
The number of detainees held in Israeli occupation prisons has exceeded 9,250, the majority of them are detainees held under administrative detention and those who still under arrest. It is important to note that this figure does not include those held in military camps subordinate to the Israeli army.
- According to the Israeli Prison Service, as of November 2025, the number of sentenced detainees reached 1,242. -
Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, and Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCIP) have sent an urgent letter to Ms.
Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, and Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCIP) have sent an urgent letter to Ms.
Addameer for Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association has been closely following the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli occupation prisons on Monday, 13 October 2025. As part of the first phase of the agreement to end the war on Gaza, 1,968 Palestinians were released, including 250 prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment or high sentences, and 1,718 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, among them two women and 15 children.
Addameer for Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association has been closely following the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli occupation prisons on Monday, 13 October 2025.
