Gaza: The Palestinian Prisoner's Society marked Mother's Day by highlighting the situation of 39 Palestinian mothers who remain imprisoned in Israeli jails, among 79 female detainees, amid an ongoing war against prisoners.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, the society issued a statement on Saturday emphasizing that imprisoned mothers are part of a social structure facing compounded targeting. This group includes mothers of prisoners and those killed by Israeli forces, wives of prisoners and former detainees, and sisters of martyrs and prisoners. It also comprises women working in various sectors, including journalism, education, law, activism, medicine, academia, and homemaking.
The statement affirmed that imprisoned mothers, like other detainees, are subjected to a comprehensive system of violations, including torture, starvation, denial of medical treatment, and solitary confinement, alongside systematic repression and abuse.
The society noted that most imprisoned mothers are held under administrative detention or on charges related to what Israeli authorities claim is 'incitement' on social media platforms. This falls within a policy that targets the digital space as an additional tool of repression.
The society added that hundreds of Palestinian mothers have been detained since the beginning of the war, including women from the Gaza Strip who were later released, among them elderly women, reflecting the widening scope of targeting.
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society stressed that the detention of Palestinian mothers constitutes part of a broader campaign targeting the Palestinian presence. The society called for pressure to secure the immediate release of female prisoners, halt systematic abuses against them, and end the unprecedented escalation in arrests of Palestinian women.
