29/07/2026 International News Department

In the largest single prisoner release since the first phase of the Gaza “ceasefire” took hold, 60 Palestinian detainees were set free on Monday, only to reveal harrowing physical ordeals as they were reunited with their families.

According to the “Israeli” daily Haaretz, the men were released after zionist authorities determined they were “no longer security suspects.” However, Al Jazeera correspondent Moath al Kahlout reported that the detainees were primarily labourers working in the occupied territories prior to October 7th, raising questions about the basis of their initial detention.

The released men arrived at Nasser Hospital in central Gaza on Monday, having been transported there by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Waiting family members rushed forward to embrace them, only to find several confined to wheelchairs, while others displayed visible signs of severe physical injury, malnutrition, and profound exhaustion; a stark testament to the conditions they endured while in custody.

The mass release casts a stark light on the wider detention crisis. According to Palestinian prisoner advocacy groups, approximately 9,600 Palestinian, including at least 350 minors and 84 women remain held in the occupier’s prisons. These figures come just a month after the United Nations Commission of Inquiry released a damning report alleging that Palestinian children in Israeli detention have been subjected to torture, sexual abuse, and a range of other degrading forms of mistreatment, sparking renewed international calls for independent oversight of detention facilities.