Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Palestinian platforms: Settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque complex under the protection of the occupation police
Palestinian platforms: The IOF detonated a booby-trapped robot east of the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City
Syrian Defense: We call on all parties in Sweida to cooperate with security forces and exercise restraint
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: The Lebanese Army is continuing its investigations and will later announce any information that does not affect the confidentiality of the investigation
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: It has not yet been determined whether the detainees belong to ISIS or another organization
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Around 10 people of different nationalities, including Lebanese nationals, were detained
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: The Lebanese army arrested a number of people in the Matn area of Mount Lebanon with possession it has not disclosed
Gaza Civil Defense spokesman: We have strong indications that there are martyrs, injuries, and trapped people in the Salah al-Din area
Gaza Civil Defense spokesman: Citizens should avoid Salah al-Din Street because anyone who approaches it is at risk of being directly targeted
Gaza Civil Defense spokesman: Reality is that there is a very limited retreat of the vehicles, with the occupation forces providing cover undeer fire up to Salah al-Din Street

Commission of Detainees' Affairs Demands Protection for Gilboa Prisoners

  • By Al Mayadeen
  • Source: Al Mayadeen
  • 7 Sep 2021 08:33
  • 1 Shares
3 Min Read

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs calls on humanitarian and human rights organizations to make efforts to reveal the whereabouts of more than 400 Palestinian detainees taken to unknown locations after the prisoners' escape.

  • x
  • The Commission warned of Israeli retaliatory procedures against other Palestinian prisoners
    The Commission warned of Israeli retaliatory procedures against other Palestinian prisoners

The Commission of Detainees' Affairs in Palestine called on humanitarian organizations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to work on revealing what happened to the more than 400 Palestinian prisoners who were taken from Gilboa prison to unknown locations. 

On Monday, 6 Palestinian prisoners successfully broke out of Gilboa Prison, in a heroic escape through a tunnel they dug from beneath their cells over many years. In the aftermath of the escape, Israeli authorities transferred more than 400 prisoners to unknown locations.

The Commission's Chairman retired Major General Qadi Abou Bakir warned in a statement of possible Israeli retaliatory practices against other Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons in light of the escape.

Israeli retaliatory measures underway

Related News

Abu Obeidah: Commander Deif wrote Palestine’s final liberation chapter

Israeli 'humanitarian city' plan jeopardizes Gaza ceasefire deal talks

Abou Bakr said that "Israel's Prison Service has begun implementing retaliatory measures against prisoners" in Gilboa and other prisons as well, noting that "Israeli authorities are hiding 400 prisoners that were in Gilboa." 

"As soon as the prisoners' escape was discovered, Israeli occupation authorities began their arbitrary measures, taking all" Gilboa prisoners to unknown locations, he said, confirming that "Israel" is using the escape, which brought to light its security failure, as a pretense for imposing strict measures against all Palestinian detainees in all prisons. 

The retired Major General also demanded international intervention to put an end to the suffering of the detainees. 

Five of the escapees are members of the Islamic Jihad's military wing, the al-Quds Brigades, while the 6th is a Fatah member, most of whom are serving life sentences. All the escapees are from Jenin Governorate, north of the West Bank.

Israeli occupation tightens its punitive measures against prisoners

The Prisoners' Media Office stated that the Prison Service officials decided to cut the time prisoners spend outdoors down to one hour, in addition to reducing the number of prisoners available at the same time in the prison yards, closing the canteens, thus depriving them of their meals, and closing the sections of Islamic Jihad prisoners and transferring them to other prisons as punitive steps against the prisoners.

The head of the Office Riad al-Ashqar that things in prisons are heading toward a rapid escalation as a result of the punitive retaliatory measures imposed by the occupation, which will not stop at this point, but rather it is expected to increase in pace in the coming hours and days. The prisoners will not succumb to this fait accompli and they will face this arbitrary escalation with broad protest steps that may cause the situation in prisons to flare up.

  • Gilboa Prison
  • Palestine
  • Commission of Detainees' Affairs

Most Read

Hezbollah SG reveals war details on Al Mayadeen for the first time

Hezbollah SG reveals war details on Al Mayadeen for the first time

  • Politics
  • 8 Jul 2025
Major ambush in Gaza kills 6 Israeli troops, injures dozens

Major ambush in Gaza kills 5 Israeli troops, injures 14

  • Politics
  • 8 Jul 2025
Israeli soldiers are seen in Beit Hanoun ahead of an operation by the al-Qassam Brigades, undated (Al-Qassam Brigades Military Media)

'Israel' on blast as media exposes report discrepancies in Gaza ambush

  • Palestine
  • 8 Jul 2025
Yemen Navy sinks ETERNITY C ship, shares footage of operation

Yemen Navy sinks ETERNITY C ship, shares footage of operation

  • Politics
  • 9 Jul 2025

Coverage

All
The Ummah's Martyrs

Read Next

All
The Freedom Flotilla ship Handala as it departs for Gaza, where it aims to break the maritime blockade at a port in Syracuse, Sicily in southern Italy on July 13, 2025. (AFP)
Palestine

Freedom Flotilla's Handala departs Sicily in bid to break Gaza siege

The container ship CMA CGM Laperouse, left, docks at the Georgia Ports Authority's Port of Savannah, Sept. 29, 2021, in Savannah, Ga (AP)
Politics

US shipbuilding woes deepen as tariffs, outdated policies backfire

Gaza war raises ethical questions for ex-Obama, Biden officials
Politics

Mercenary firm tied to Gaza war crimes hires Obama-Biden PR operatives

'Israel' targets children in Gaza collecting water
Palestine

'Israel' strikes Gaza kids fetching water, blames it on 'malfunction'

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS