Trigger warning. It’s a horrific read
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-09-08/ty-article-magazine/.premium/baby-an-update-hes-just-died-israeli-guards-texts-reveal-abuse-in-prison/000001a0-7ab4-d46f-a5ef-7bbe46360000
‘We got tired of beating them': After a Palestinian prisoner died at Ketziot Prison in 2023, investigators uncovered Israeli Prison Service guards boasting about beatings and implicating their commanders
Only the spilled blood bore witness to what happened in Cell 6 of Wing 24 at Ketziot Prison in November 2023. Those involved that night maintained the prison's usual code of silence. But WhatsApp messages the guards exchanged as events unfolded, later seized by investigators, revealed some of the horror.
"You're going to be proud of me, of my shift. After what happened, the count took two hours and 23 minutes. Draw your own conclusions," one female guard wrote to her partner, also a guard. She added: "They're doing CPR in the clinic right now, baby! God willing, that son of a thousand whores will die."
Another guard sent an excited update: "Holy shit, what a count. We fucked them up so bad." A third texted a friend: "What an insane count. There's never been anything like it. We poured cheese on them, cracked some eggs [the Hebrew word for eggs is also slang for testicles]. So much blood in the wings." She then added: "OMG, they're doing CPR on a prisoner because we beat him. He's dead. Listen, it's funny how it all happened in an instant: Boom, count. Boom, dead prisoner."