10,000 Arrest Cases in West Bank Since October, Says Prisoners Commission

The number of Palestinians detained in the Israeli prisons, from West Bank since October 2023 has reached 10,000. In a joint statement on Monday, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, the Prisoners' Club and the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, highlighted that arrests among women have stood at 345, including women arrested from the lands occupied in 1948, in addition to Gazan women who have been arrested in the West Bank. The Prisoners' Club affirmed that the number of children arrests stood at 700. In its report, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said that the detention campaigns conducted since October 7 are accompanied by escalated crimes and violations such as humiliation, brutal beat, threats against detainees and their families. The report added that more than 8,322 orders of administrative detention have been issued since October 7, ranging between new orders and renewals, including orders against children and women. The Prisoners' Club po inted out that as of the beginning of August 2024, the total number of prisoners in the Israeli prisons stands at 9,900, including 3,432 administrative detainees, in addition to 1,584 detainees who have been classified as illegal fighters. Source: Qatar News Agency