Review on the most significant data related to detention campaigns during 2023, and the most notable transformation since the 7th of October

11 thousand Palestinians have been arrested by the Israeli occupation, half of them were arrested after the 7th of October

11.000 detention cases have been recorded in 2023 in the West Bank, including Jerusalem and Gaza Strip before the 7th of October, while these statistics do not include detainees from Gaza Strip who have been detained after the 7th of October.
(300) Palestinian women have been arrested, including women from the lands occupied in 1948, in addition to (1085) children.

After the 7th of October, (5500) Palestinians have been arrested, including (355) children and (184) women. Statistics showed that the percentage of detention cases in the last three months of the year constituted half of the total number of detention cases carried out in 2023, where detention cases carried out in Gaza after the 7th of October are not included as detainees’ institutions were not able to obtain accurate data, due to the crime of forcible hide against detainees from Gaza.

The highest percentage of detention cases were on October which witnessed the aggression and genocide in Gaza, with (2070) cases.
The highest percentage of women detention was on October with (66) cases, while the highest percentage of children detention was on April with (146) cases.

With regard to Palestinian cities, the highest percentage of detention cases was in Jerusalem with (3295) cases, followed by Hebron with (1943) cases and then Jenin with (1462) cases.

There are currently (8800) Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, including (80) women in Damoun prison, but we are not sure about Gazan women who are detained in other military camps, and there is no accurate information about the number of children detained in Israeli prisons. Moreover, there are (3291) administrative detainees, and (661) detainees who were classified as illegal fighters.