Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityProsecutors say the guards punched, kicked and beat Tair Abu Asab and eight other prisoners with batons after their shift commander told them to enter the cell to 'show the prisoners there is no cease-fire'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 formatSubscribeJosh BreinerSeptember 01, 2026Twelve Israel Prison Service guards were charged Tuesday with reckless homicide for allegedly beating a Palestinian security prisoner to death at Ketziot Prison in 2023, as well as assaulting eight other prisoners, according to an indictment filed with the Be'er Sheva District Court.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel Prison ServiceHuman rightsIsrael-Gaza WarPalestiniansCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesNetanyahu October 7Settlement SanctionsIran-U.S.EisenkotBen-GvirHamasIsrael Election PollsOphir AwardsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastIsrael Has an Official Wine Map. West Bank's Inclusion Isn't Necessarily BadIsraeli FM Invited Key Qatargate Suspect to Slovenia Embassy CeremonyRothschild Out of Control: What Happened to Tel Aviv's Most Exclusive Boulevard?Palestinian Poetry's Trojan Horse: What Israelis Missed in Taha Muhammad AliYair Golan Sues Sara Netanyahu for Pushing Oct. 7 Conspiracy TheoryRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMINetanyahu Got an Explicit Warning Before Oct. 7. He Didn't Brief Security ChiefsThink Bibi Is Bad? Meet Sara NetanyahuIMDb Replaces the Name Israel With 'The Occupied Palestinian Territories'Netanyahu Says He Will Sue Haaretz Following Oct. 7 ExposéNetanyahu Was Warned About October 7. Will Haaretz's Exposé Change Anything?Water Crisis Triggered by Gaza's Ruin: Israel Is Paying the Price of Destruction