By: Batya Jerenberg–World Israel News

The toughest prison wing in Israel is dedicated to 84 of the worst Nukhba terrorists captured during and after the Hamas-led invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023, as they await trial for their war crimes.

Five more men belong to the elite Radwan force of Hezbollah who were captured in Lebanon.

Israel Hayom reported Friday on the Rakefet wing of the Nitzan Magen prison in Ramle, which is deep underground and can only be accessed by descending a winding staircase and passing through several heavy, automatic metal doors.

There are three to four men in each bare cell that contains a small shelf on the wall and a bunkbed and single bed made of metal solidly bolted to the floor, with a thin mattress and blanket provided only at night.

If a fourth man is put in the cell, he sleeps on the floor.

There is no entertainment, as can be found in regular prisons, no books, no television or radio, no cards.

There is no privacy. Closed-circuit cameras surveil the cells, and there is no curtain to hide the shower. The toilets are a single block, with no moving parts that can be broken off.

While cold water is always available, hot water is only provided for seven minutes each day.

They are provided with three meals a day that contain the minimum nutrients demanded by international law, given on plastic plates with no cutlery.

Whenever the window slot in the door is opened, they must lie on the floor in the Muslim praying position, but with their hands behind their backs.

The wing is silent. Any raised voice will earn the prisoner time in isolation.

They are allowed outside for one hour each day in a small, roofed yard that lets in a small amount of sunlight. No sports equipment of any kind is provided; the prisoners can walk or do calisthenics.

Interestingly, the wing’s commander, H., told the Hebrew daily that these conditions are not what bother the prisoners the most.

“The problem for them is the uncertainty,” he said. “They’ve been in a fog for a year and a half already. They don’t know what’s happening in Gaza, in Israel, with their families, their friends. They don’t even know what time of day it is. I think that drives them crazier than the surprise inspections that occur sometimes several times a day.”

The inspections occur at all hours of the day or night, with masked and armed guards bursting in, tying the terrorists’ hands, blindfolding them and forcing them to lie on the floor as they search for any contraband.

“We need to prevent these human diseases from attacking the staff, prevent them from attempting to escape and eliminate any possibility of suicide because they need to be held accountable for their actions,” explained Moshe Hidra, commander of the entire detention center.

“This is my sacred responsibility towards the people of Israel, towards the bereaved families and towards the hostages.”

The guards are proud of their role in keeping the terrorists cowed, and see the minimal conditions the prisoners receive as per international law as only fair, considering the horrific acts they carried out while murdering 1,200 and injuring thousands, including mass rape, beheading and burning their victims to death.

“I know who murdered an entire family and who confessed to rape,” said Hidra. “One of them, about 60 years old, directed the forces at one of the kibbutzim. They provided him with work and that’s how he rewarded them.”

(WorldIsraelNews.com)