[Pnews] Hamas: Israel’s introduction of new weapons into prisons shows a fascist and vengeful Policy

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Hamas: Israel’s introduction of new weapons into prisons shows a fascist
and vengeful Policy

Saturday 6-September-2025
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GAZA, (PIC)

The Hamas Movement on Saturday denounced Israel’s decision to introduce new
weapons into its prisons, describing the move as a “dangerous and
systematic escalation” against defenseless Palestinian detainees who are
already subjected to some of the harshest violations inside occupation
jails.

In a statement, Hamas said that the use of stun guns, rubber bullets, and
treating prisoners as “testing fields” represents a full-fledged crime that
exposes the aggressive and fascist mentality of the occupation.

The Movement warned that this “criminal decision” threatens prisoners’
lives with both direct and slow death, in flagrant violation of
international law and human rights conventions.

Hamas held Israel fully responsible for the safety of the detainees and
called on international human rights institutions to urgently intervene,
hold Israel accountable, and put an end to its continuous crimes against
Palestinian prisoners.

Prisoner institutions: Unprecedented escalation

Echoing Hamas’s position, Palestinian prisoner institutions confirmed that
Israeli authorities have already introduced new weapons into prisons,
including electric shock devices, rubber bullets, and plans to equip
repression units with Shotgun rifles that fire special ammunition designed
to cause serious injuries.

The institutions described this step as “an unprecedented escalation”
reflecting Israel’s systematic policy of targeting the very human fabric of
prisoners. They stressed that using Palestinian detainees as “testing
grounds” for such weapons constitutes a grave breach of international law.

A compounded crime

This escalation comes at a time when prisoners are already facing what
human rights groups describe as a “compounded crime” in Israeli jails,
marked by starvation, torture, medical neglect, and slow killings.

According to updated figures, as of early August 2025, Israel classified
2,378 detainees from Gaza as “unlawful combatants.” Meanwhile, at least 77
prisoners have died under Israeli custody since the beginning of the
genocide, including 46 from Gaza whose identities have been confirmed by
prisoner support organizations.

The total number of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails
has now exceeded 11,000, the highest since the outbreak of the Second
Intifada in 2000. Most are administrative detainees and individuals
awaiting trial, not including those held in military camps run by the
Israeli occupation army.
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