JERUSALEM / ISTANBUL

Videos circulating on social media show Israeli security personnel abusing Palestinian prisoners inside Ketziot Prison in the Negev desert, where detainees are being held under harsh and degrading conditions, Israeli and regional media reported.

The Israeli news site Kikar HaShabbat published what it described as a “large-scale documentation” from inside Ketziot Prison, Israel’s largest detention facility, showing Palestinian prisoners subjected to humiliating treatment and harsh inspection procedures.

Israeli photographer Haim Goldberg entered the prison in February 2025 to document what he called “the lives of security prisoners,” according to the site.

Some of those later appeared among the Palestinians released under the recent prisoner exchange deal, which included the return of all living Israeli captives and the remains of those held in Gaza, Kikar HaShabbat reported.

The report claimed that Israeli authorities recently authorized the publication of photos and videos depicting Palestinian detainees inside their cells and prison yards.

The images show prisoners in cramped, degrading conditions - some bound or sitting on the floor in positions highlighting their mistreatment and lack of dignity.

On Oct. 23, Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir publicly boasted again about depriving Palestinian inmates of basic rights in Israeli prisons.

In a video posted on social media that day, Ben-Gvir was seen standing outside a small cell in Ketziot Prison, pointing through the door window at three prisoners sitting on the floor with their heads bent down.

Israel currently holds more than 10,000 Palestinians, including children and women, who remain in Israeli prisons and face torture and medical neglect.