In a chilling revelation, the Prisoners' Media Office has sounded the alarm over the deteriorating health of Palestinian children held in Israel’s Megiddo Prison. According to testimonies from inside the prison, minors are suffering from severe skin infections—scabies, boils, and open sores, left untreated by the prison administration, in what is being denounced as deliberate medical neglect.

Some children can no longer move their hands or feed themselves due to intense pain and inflammation. Others are entirely dependent on their fellow detainees to perform even basic tasks. These are not isolated incidents, but part of what Palestinian rights advocates call a systematic policy of cruelty against imprisoned minors.

Since the beginning of Israel’s assault on Gaza, over 17,500 Palestinians have been detained in the West Bank alone, including 1,400 children. Today, at least 440 minors remain behind bars, many in conditions unfit for any human being, let alone a child. The neglect they face is not just a failure of healthcare; it is a form of silent torture.

As Gaza mourns its dead and the West Bank bleeds under ongoing raids and settler violence, the suffering of Palestinian prisoners, especially children, is too often ignored. But for their families, every moment in detention is a nightmare, and every illness left untreated is a reminder that Palestinian lives are still being measured differently.