A "record high" number of 110 Palestinians have died under prison policies implemented by far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir in the past two and a half years, according to Israeli outlet Walla.
In comparison, between 1967 and 2007, approximately 187 Palestinian detainees died in Israeli-run prisons, or less than five a year, Walla said, citing the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs. It is now around one death each week.
"This is an extremely high number; it's a record high compared to known data from previous decades," it said.
"No official data has been published on the number of security prisoners who died in the years prior to Ben Gvir taking over the Ministry of National Security [in December 2022]," Walla added, noting that rights organisations have put estimates in the dozens.
Ben Gvir's restrictive policies and rules include increasingly smaller food rations, depriving prisoners of sunlight, limiting warm clothing, access to showers and hygienic products, as well as regular violent beatings and raids on detainees' cells.
