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The number of martyrs among prisoners and detainees who were identified rose to 80 since the beginning of the war in the Gaza Strip. There were at least 47 martyrs from Gaza among them. According to the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA), citing the Palestinian Prisoners' Club, the total number of martyrs among prisoners and detainees whose identities are known since 1967 has risen to 317. This figure reflects what institutions have been able to document over decades. However, in light of the ongoing war, there is information about dozens of detainees who were executed in the field after being arrested, particularly from Gaza. The Prisoners' Club also noted that the Israeli occupation continues to withhold the bodies of 88 martyrs from the prisoners' movement, including 77 since the beginning of the war, while dozens of martyrs from among Gaza detainees remain forcibly disappeared.

Palestinian prisoners' institutions said that the total number of prisoners and detainees in the Israeli occupation's prisons as of the beginning of October 2025 amounted to more than 11,000. The prisoners' institutions said in a joint statement that this number does not include detainees held in the Israeli occupation's military camps, noting that this number is the highest since Al-Aqsa Intifada in 2000, according to relevant institutions. According to the Israeli occupation's prison administration, the number of prisoners serving sentences as of October exceeded 1,460, while the number of prisoners serving life sentences and those facing indictments pending life sentences reached approximately 350. The number of administrative detainees reached 3,544, the highest percentage compared to the number of detained and convicted prisoners, while the number of detainees classified as "illegal combatants" reached 2,673. This number does not include all Gaza detainees held in Israeli military camps and classified as such. The number of prisoners before the genocide in the Gaza Strip amounted to more than 5,250, including approximately 40 female prisoners and 180 children, while the number of administrative detainees amounted to approximately 1,320, the statement added. Palestinian prisoners' institutions stressed that these numbers reflect the escalation of the occupation's policies and systematic violations, both inside prisons and during arrests, calling for immediate international action to protect prisoners and hold those responsible for these crimes accountable.