The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) on Saturday held the Israeli occupation government fully responsible for the escalating war crimes against Palestinian prisoners in its jails and detention centers, particularly those from Gaza.

In a statement, the PFLP condemned the “systematic policy of physical and psychological torture, deliberate medical neglect, and extrajudicial executions” of detainees arrested alive, describing these acts as part of a “planned campaign of extermination” aimed at crushing the Palestinian prisoners’ movement.

The statement also denounced the continued withholding of martyrs’ bodies and their burial in the so-called “cemeteries of numbers,” calling it a double crime and a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and moral principles.

According to the PFLP, these abuses reflect an official policy within the Israeli ruling establishment to transform prisons into arenas of slow death, overseen directly by “fascist figures” in the government, foremost among them the occupation’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir.

'Israel' resorts to collective punishment

The group added that Ben-Gvir’s incitement against Palestinian detainees embodies the Israeli regime’s policy of revenge and collective punishment implemented inside prisons and interrogation centers.

The PFLP urged the international community, the United Nations, and the International Committee of the Red Cross to assume their legal and moral responsibilities by launching an urgent, independent international investigation to hold accountable those responsible, chief among them Ben-Gvir. It stressed that such practices represent the peak of political fascism and institutionalized racism within the Israeli regime.

Concluding its statement, the PFLP reaffirmed that the prisoners’ cause remains central to the Palestinian national struggle and vowed that the Palestinian people and their factions “will not stand idly by in the face of these ongoing crimes against their sons and daughters behind bars.”

Martyred detainees bound, blindfolded, tortured

Most of the bodies of Palestinian martyrs returned from "Israel" were found blindfolded, with their hands and feet bound, Gaza’s forensic department spokesperson revealed.

These, he said, are compelling evidence that the Palestinian detainees were brutally tortured before being executed.

He urged all international organizations to urgently enter the Gaza Strip to document these violations by Israeli occupation forces and ensure accountability for crimes committed against Palestinians.

‘Israel’ hands over 30 Palestinian bodies under Gaza ceasefire deal

The findings came after "Israel" handed over to Gaza authorities the bodies of 30 Palestinian martyrs who had been held in its prisons, as part of the ongoing ceasefire exchange deal, the Palestinian news agency Safa reported on Friday.