Hassan Salama reveals how the occupation tried to break the will of prisoners in isolation

Palestinian prisoner Hassan Salama, in a message from the isolation wing of Gilboa Prison, revealed the deteriorating living and health conditions of isolated prisoners, confirming they face repeated assaults, starvation, and medical neglect amid what he described as very poor conditions.

Palestinian prisoner Hassan Salama, in a message from the isolation wing of Israel's Gilboa Prison, revealed the deteriorating living and health conditions of isolated prisoners, confirming they face repeated assaults, starvation, and medical neglect amid what he described as 'very poor conditions.' Salama said that in less than ten days, prisoners experienced four operations of suppression, searches, and raids accompanied by beatings. He noted they were also beaten during transfer from Megiddo Prison isolation to Gilboa isolation, and during visits with lawyers. He explained that food quantities in isolation are much smaller than in Megiddo Prison and insufficient to meet prisoners' needs, leaving them constantly hungry. He added that prison management allows each room only one hour daily in the yard, a narrow area without sunlight, with a line drawn inside preventing prisoners from crossing. Salama pointed to complete communication breakdown among isolated prisoners, stating he knows that prisoners Bilal al-Barghouti, Muhannad Shreim, Jamal al-Hour, Marwan al-Barghouti, Mahmoud Attallah, and Abbas al-Sayyid are in the same isolation but cannot communicate or learn about each other's conditions. On health, Salama said his condition is deteriorating: he has had continuous diarrhea for a full year without treatment, needs glasses due to weak eyesight preventing him from reading the Quran, and is still waiting for an endoscopy. He also needs dental treatment, but the only option offered at the clinic was extraction without any treatment. The prison doctor visits only once a month, briefly passing by prisoners without conducting medical examinations.