PPS says Israel renewed administrative detention orders of hundreds of prisoners

RAMALLAH: The Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) Thursday said that the Israeli authorities renewed administrative detention orders for hundreds of Palestinians arrested after October 7, and issued new orders against them ranging from two to four months. The PPS added in a statement issued that the increase in the number of administrative detainees continues in an unprecedented manner, in light of the continuation of the daily arrest campaigns carried out in the West Bank after October 7, noting that the occupation authorities worked to cancel all decisions not to renew administrative detentions, which were issued before October 7th against administrative detainees, and arrest orders were renewed against them. The PPS pointed out that the crime of administrative detention constitutes the most prominent policy of oppression and control against the Palestinians, as the number of administrative detention orders issued after October 7 reached more than 3490, including new orders and renewal orders. It added that the number of administrative detainees until the end of January 2024 was reported to be 3484, including women and children, while the largest percentage of them are former detainees who spent years in Israeli occupation prisons, including several members of one family, in addition to representatives and journalists. The PPS pointed out that many of those who had appeals against the decision to confirm administrative detention orders were rejected and the the Israeli authorities kept their detention. Those whose appeals were accepted, and they were a few, had the administrative detention period issued against them reduced for a specific period without a substantive decision, it added. Later, the occupation renewed the administrative detention orders against them, PPS elaborated. It is noteworthy that the number of administrative detainees today in Israeli prisons was not recorded even during the years of the 1987 Intifada. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA