Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe05:18 PM • August 02 2026 IDTA Ramallah doctor held for more than a month has described harsh conditions in Ofer Prison, an incarceration facility for security detainees in the West Bank. He has lost weight rapidly on food he described as unfit for human consumption, went without his regular medications for the first 10 days and is still being denied one of them. His requests to see a doctor went unanswered, he said, and only once did a medic check his pulse – through a small opening in the door. In the NewsA Palestinian Doctor Held in an Israeli Prison Describes Neglect and HumiliationIsrael's Fault? The Conspiracy Theory Surrounding Spain's Ceuta Border Crossings'Risking New Yorkers' Lives': Israel's Herzog Accuses Mamdani of AntisemitismPalestinian Teen Hospitalized in Severe Condition Tied by Guards to Bed for WeekThe Way Netanyahu Treated His Brother's Partner Is the Way He Treats IsraelisRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMINetanyahu Says Israel Has 'Special Forces' Ready if He's Arrested on NY VisitThis Israeli ultra-Orthodox Feminist Activist Has a Warning for U.S. JewsAl Jazeera Reportedly Ends Contracts of Over 20 Gazan JournalistsTwo Female Israeli Soldiers Die by Suicide as IDF Mental Health Crisis DeepensDozens of IDF Soldiers Desert Sde Teiman Base in Protest of CommanderTrump's Irritation, Netanyahu's Desperation: Oval Office Smiles Mask Rifts
A Palestinian doctor held in an Israeli prison describes neglect and humiliation
Dr. Mazen Rantisi, 71, who is held in an incarceration facility for security detainees, described violence by guards, severe overcrowding, squalid hygiene conditions and food unfit to eat. The Prison Service: 'The claims are untrue'







