Following the prison's administration's campaign of transfer to Nafha prison, the Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs published details of the violent mistreatment to which the Ashkelon prisoners were subjected.

Mohammad Abu Hamid, a prisoner, was quoted by the commission's attorney, Youssef Mattia, as saying that all of the repression's units rushed the station in a violent and confrontational manner before daybreak. They ruthlessly destroyed and vandalized everything, including clothing.

The prisoner Hatem Al-Saghli started a hunger strike a week ago to protest the unfavorable conditions of his confinement, the commission stated, and other prisoners protested as a result of what had happened. 36 prisoners are housed in the Ashkelon jail, all of whom have chronic illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, and back disc.