Inaam al-Dahdouh, a 62-year-old Gaza mother living in a makeshift tent with her six grandchildren, has had no direct news of her three sons since Israeli forces detained them in December 2023 during operations near al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Her sons — Mahmoud, Alaa, and Diaa, aged 24 to 30 — are believed to be held in Negev and Ofer prisons (Israeli detention facilities holding thousands of Palestinian detainees), and she says all three are civilians with no militant ties. Her anguish has deepened since Israel's parliament passed a law in late March 2026 permitting the death penalty for Palestinians convicted in military courts of killing Israelis, a move condemned internationally and one that, rights advocates warn, could be extended to Gaza detainees — pushing the total number of Palestinians held in Israeli jails to more than 9,600, up roughly 83 percent since the war began.