GAZA, (The Palestinian Information Center) The Asra Media Office (AMO) has urged international human rights organizations to act immediately, form independent field investigation committees, and pressure for access to Israeli detention camps in order to reveal the fate of thousands of prisoners from Gaza.
The AMO said that the continued policy of enforced disappearance, extrajudicial executions, and torture leading to death constitutes a full-fledged war crime and a stain on humanity, warning that international silence only enables further atrocities.
Human rights data confirm that since October 7, 2023, Israel has systematically enforced disappearance against thousands of Gaza prisoners. The practice, the AMO explained, is used to cover up killings and field executions, especially against those accused of participating in resistance operations or crossing the border on that day.
This policy effectively mirrors the “prisoner execution law” promoted by extremist ministers in the Israeli government. Although not officially passed by the Knesset, the Israeli occupation has implemented it in practice, executing dozens of detainees and concealing their fate to avoid accountability.
To date, Israel refuses to provide any accurate information regarding the number, conditions, or whereabouts of Gaza prisoners. It has only partially acknowledged holding about 2,800 detainees under the “unlawful combatants law,” an exceptional measure that allows for indefinite detention of civilians without charge or trial.
Israel deliberately withholds names and details, shrouding detainees’ fate in secrecy, which enables systematic executions and slow-kill policies without oversight.
Reports highlight that Gaza prisoners are caught between field executions carried out immediately after arrest, documented in hundreds of cases during the ground invasion, and brutal torture in military camps such as Sde Teiman, where deaths under interrogation are recorded but rarely acknowledged.
Survivors face horrific abuse: electric shocks to sensitive areas, attacks by police dogs, prolonged shackling under the sun, denial of bathing and prayers, starvation, and severe beatings.
Crimes have even included rape, with perpetrators boasting publicly in Hebrew media, an open violation of international law and human decency, targeting both minors and adults.
The outcome of these practices has been devastating: at least 46 identified prisoners from Gaza have been martyred since October 7, 2023, due to torture, medical neglect, and inhumane detention conditions.
Rights groups fear that hundreds more remain missing, victims of enforced disappearance behind Israeli prison walls.
