RAMALLAH: Various Prisoners’ institutions in a joint report issued today said the Israeli occupation detained more than 7,895 people in the West Bank since the start of its aggression against the Palestinian people on October 7, 2023, until today.
The institutions, which included the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission and the Ramallah-based Addameer; the Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, said the occupation detained 258 women, including women from the 1948-occupied land and women from Gaza who were detained in the West Bank. More than 500 children were also detained during the period covered by the report.
They explained that the number of detentions among journalists reached 64, of whom 43 remain in detention and 23 others were placed under administrative detention, without charge or trial.
The number of administrative detention orders issued against Palestinians amounted to 4,430, including new and renewed orders, including orders issued a
gainst children and women, according to the report.
The report indicated that the ongoing detention campaigns are accompanied by mounting crimes and violations, including torture, severe beatings and threats against detainees and their families.
The campaigns were accompanied by widespread vandalism and destruction of citizens’ homes and the seizure of vehicles, money and jewelry, in addition to the large-scale destruction of infrastructure, particularly in Tulkarem camps and Jenin and its camp.
The statement said that the reporting period witnessed the killing of 13 detainees inside the occupation detention centers as a result of the occupation’s systematic violations and attacks against them.
The institutions confirmed that the total number of detainees in the occupation detention centers reached more than 9,100, including over 3,558 administrative detainees, in addition to 793 others from Gaza detainees who were classified by Israel as ‘illegal combatants’.
According to the prisoners’ institutions, th
e Israeli occupation has been refusing until now to reveal the fate and actual number of Gaza detainees.
Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA