Addameer: ​​The continued prevention of the Red Cross from visiting detainees exacerbates the violations inside the occupation prisons

Gaza - Ofoq News - The Israeli occupation forces continue to prevent the International Committee of the Red Cross from visiting Palestinian detainees in Israeli occupation prisons, in light of the serious and accelerating deterioration in their humanitarian and health conditions, and the escalation of systematic violations against them, which constitutes a direct threat to their lives and their physical and psychological integrity.

According to information monitored by Addameer Foundation from the testimonies of detainees who were visited, the spread of scabies inside prisons has become a widespread health threat to detainees, in light of the absence of the necessary medical treatment and care, and deprivation of even painkillers, in addition to practices that increase the spread of the disease, including forcing detainees to exchange clothes, in detention conditions that lack the minimum standards of hygiene and health.

The policy of starvation and food deprivation also continues, with food quantities reduced to unprecedented levels that are not sufficient to meet the basic needs of detainees, in addition to continuing to prevent them from going out for sunbathing, and continuing operations of oppression and abuse against detainees, including forcing them to sleep on their stomachs, assaulting them with sticks, gas, and rubber bullets, and the use of police dogs, which led to serious injuries, without providing the necessary medical treatment for the injured.

Al-Dameer believed that continuing to prevent the International Committee of the Red Cross from accessing detainees deprives an independent international humanitarian body of direct access to their conditions, and provides the occupation with a wider space to continue violations away from international humanitarian oversight.

Al-Dameer stressed that the meeting held between the International Committee of the Red Cross and the occupation prison administration on September 9, 2026, cannot be turned into a propaganda cover or an alternative to actually visiting the detainees and seeing their conditions directly. What is needed are not promises or statements, but actual and unconditional access to the detainees inside the departments and rooms.

Accordingly, Addameer Foundation called on the International Committee of the Red Cross to assume its legal and humanitarian responsibilities, and to take urgent and effective action to ensure its access to all Palestinian detainees, learn about their conditions, document the violations they are subjected to, and put pressure to stop these practices and ensure that the sick and injured receive the necessary treatment and medical care.

The Foundation also called on the International Committee of the Red Cross to use all means at its disposal to stop this dangerous situation, work to stop the torrent of violations and crimes against detainees, save their lives, and ensure respect for their dignity and basic rights in accordance with the rules of international humanitarian law.