9,500 Palestinian detainees held in Israel jails: Rights groups

A view of the site as Israeli forces take measures in front of the Ofer Prison in West Bank, in Jerusalem on January 19, 2025. [Mostafa Alkharouf – Anadolu Agency]

At least 9,500 Palestinian detainees are currently languishing in Israeli prisons, prisoners’ affairs groups said today.

“At least 21 women and 350 children are among the detainees,” the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a joint statement.

According to the statement, 3,405 Palestinians are held without charge or trial under Israel’s notorious policy of administrative detention.

“There are some 1,555 detainees from Gaza in Israeli prisons,” the statement said.

The figure is almost double the number of detainees held by Israel before the Israeli war on Gaza in October 2023, when there were nearly 5,240 Palestinians in Israeli jails.

Nearly 48,400 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, and more than 111,000 have been injured in a brutal Israeli onslaught on Gaza since October 2023. The assault, which left the enclave in ruins, was paused under a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement that took hold on 19 January.

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