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Israeli Repression Units Storm Section 3 of Negev Prison

Members of the repression units affiliated with the Israeli Prison Service. (Wafa)
Members of the repression units affiliated with the Israeli Prison Service. (Wafa)
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Israeli Repression Units Storm Section 3 of Negev Prison

Members of the repression units affiliated with the Israeli Prison Service. (Wafa)
Members of the repression units affiliated with the Israeli Prison Service. (Wafa)

Israeli repression units stormed Thursday morning section “3” in the Israeli prison of Negev and forcibly moved a number of Palestinian prisoners to another section, according to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs.

This comes after a series of raids by the Israeli units, the latest of which was a few days ago in section 26, said the Commission.

Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and the Commission held the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) fully responsible for inmates in Negev prison.

This raid follows the visit of Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir.

The PPS noted that the IPS has carried out several raids on the prison since the beginning of this year and has imposed sanctions on hundreds of inmates there.

Some of these sanctions include financial fines, solitary confinement, and arbitrarily transferring a group of captives to other prisons.

The raids are part of the fixed policies endorsed by the IPS.

The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that since 2019, the IPS escalated exemplary punishment against captives during raids. In 2019-2020, several raids occurred, and they were the most violent in years.

In 2021, the raids increased following the “Freedom Tunnel” operation and they have never stopped since then.

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Aid to Gaza 'Facing Total Collapse', Warn 12 NGOs

A Palestinian boy looks through a hole in the wall into a damaged room after an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced Palestinians in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 17, 2025. (AFP)
A Palestinian boy looks through a hole in the wall into a damaged room after an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced Palestinians in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 17, 2025. (AFP)
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Aid to Gaza 'Facing Total Collapse', Warn 12 NGOs

A Palestinian boy looks through a hole in the wall into a damaged room after an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced Palestinians in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 17, 2025. (AFP)
A Palestinian boy looks through a hole in the wall into a damaged room after an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced Palestinians in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 17, 2025. (AFP)

The humanitarian aid system in Gaza is "facing total collapse" because of Israel's blockade on aid supplies since March 2, the heads of 12 major aid organizations warned Thursday, urging Israel to let them "do our jobs".

Israel has vowed to maintain its blockage on humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged territory, saying it is the only way to force Hamas to release the 58 hostages still held there.

"Every single person in Gaza is relying on humanitarian aid to survive," the chief executives of 12 NGOs, including Oxfam and Save the Children, wrote in a joint statement.

"That lifeline has been completely cut off since a blockade on all aid supplies was imposed by Israeli authorities on March 2," they said, adding that "This is one of the worst humanitarian failures of our generation."

A survey of 43 international and Palestinian aid organizations working in Gaza found that almost all have suspended or drastically cut services since a ceasefire ended on March 18, "with widespread and indiscriminate bombing making it extremely dangerous to move around", the NGOs said.

"Famine is not just a risk, but likely rapidly unfolding in almost all parts of Gaza," they said. "Survival itself is now slipping out of reach and the humanitarian system is at breaking point."

"We call on all parties to guarantee the safety of our staff and to allow the safe, unfettered access of aid into and across Gaza through all entry points, and for world leaders to oppose further restrictions."

Israel's renewed assault has killed at least 1,691 people in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory, bringing the overall toll since the war erupted to 51,065, most of them civilians.

Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people, also mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.