At least 98 Palestinians died in Israeli prisons between October 2023 and August 2025 as a result of violence, the British newspaper The Guardian reported, citing human rights defenders.
According to the publication, the actual death toll in Israeli prisons may be higher, as hundreds of people remain missing.
According to the publication, the main causes of death of prisoners are physical abuse, deprivation of medical care and malnutrition. Among the dead were medical staff, including Hussam Abu Safia, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the Gaza Strip.
The situation in the Middle East sharply worsened after the infiltration of armed supporters of the radical Palestinian Hamas movement from the Gaza Strip into Israel on October 7, 2023, which was accompanied by the killing of residents of border settlements and taking hostages.
