Palestinian Prisoners Commission: 135,000 detention incidents by Israeli occupation since the outbreak of Al-Aqsa Intifada

The Palestinian Prisoners Commission has monitored more than 135,000 cases of detention carried out by the Israeli occupation authorities since the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada in 2000, indicating that these detentions affected all groups and segments of Palestinian society.

The Commission said in a report on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, which coincides today: “Among those cases, approximately (21) thousand arrests were recorded among minor children, a number of ministers, and hundreds of academics, journalists, and workers in civil society organizations and international institutions.”

The Commission said that more than (2,600) Palestinian girls and women were arrested, including (4) women, each of whom gave birth inside the prison under harsh and difficult conditions.

The Commission pointed out the killings, slow executions and torture in the occupation prisons, and the escalation of cases of oppression, abuse and racist incitement against the prisoners, which led to the martyrdom of many of them, in addition to many others who became martyrs after their release from the prisons, affected by the diseases they contracted during their period of imprisonment.

The Commission explained that the occupation authorities are still detaining about (5,200) Palestinian prisoners in their detention centers, including (38) female prisoners, about (170) children, and (700) prisoners suffering from various diseases, including (24) prisoners suffering from cancer.

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