Ramallah, West Bank – Dozens of Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli prisons over the past two and a half years, some during torture while others as a result of medical neglect by prison authorities, rights groups say.Now, Israel is making plans for the execution of possibly hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held on charges of fatal attacks against Israelis, according to an Israeli media report, under what legal experts have called racist legislation that has rattled the families of thousands of Palestinians in Israeli jails. A facial injury is visible on a Palestinian prisoner during the families’ reception of the released detainees from Israeli jails on October 13, 2025, in Ramallah, West Bank [Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Getty]Israel’s Channel 13 reported last week that the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) has embarked on logistical preparations to implement a draft law, outlining plans for a dedicated facility to carry out any executions and to prepare and train staff to implement the punishment.The draft law calling for the execution of Palestinian prisoners convicted of killing Israelis passed the first reading in the Israeli parliament in November, amid controversy about what a Palestinian legal expert has described as “apartheid legislation”.An amended version of the bill is under discussion in a parliamentary committee in advance of two more readings before it is adopted into law, but no date has been set for a new vote.Israel’s Channel 13 reported that under the plan, executions would be imple …
