The Israeli military holds thousands of Palestinians under laws allowing indefinite detention without trial or evidence, with lawyers often unable to access their clients due to bureaucratic obstacles.

Dababish's experience is not isolated; many other civilians from Gaza report similar experiences of losing family members while detained without communication or legal representation.

Legal rights organizations assert that many detainees from Gaza have lost family members due to Israeli attacks without being informed of their deaths, leading to profound emotional distress.

During his detention, Dababish's wife, Asma, and their three-year-old daughter, Ghina, were killed by an Israeli shell in August 2024, but he was not informed until his release in February 2025.

Upon his release, Dababish learned of his family's tragic fate through a photo shared by his father, which showed his daughter laid out for burial alongside her cousin.

Ahmed Wael Dababish, a nurse from Gaza, was detained by Israeli troops for 13 months without charge or communication with his family after they attacked a school where he and his family sought shelter in December 2023.

Since October 7, 2023, family visits and communication for Palestinian detainees in Israel have been banned, leaving many held incommunicado under the unlawful combatants law.

Now living with his surviving children in a school turned shelter, Dababish struggles with his family's losses while trying to provide for his children.

Amnesty International criticizes the Israeli detention system for enabling enforced disappearance and calls for its repeal due to its violation of human rights.

Dababish and other detainees describe their time in prison as akin to living in a grave, isolated and unaware of the fate of their families.

Reports indicate that over 3,400 Palestinians from Gaza were detained as of December 2024, with estimates of hundreds still in military camps without legal representation.