Brief on detention campaigns carried out in the West Bank since the beginning of genocide over the past (271) days

July 7, 2024

The total number of arrests stands at (9510) in the West Bank and Jerusalem.

Women: the total number of women arrests stands at (325) including women arrested from the lands occupied in 1948, in addition to Gazan women who have been arrested in the West Bank.
. Children: the number of children arrests stands at (660)
. Journalists: (85) journalists have been arrested, (52) of them are still under arrest, including (6) journalists and (14) detainees from Gaza .

More than (7170) orders of administrative detention have been issued since October 7, ranging between new orders and renewals, including orders against children and women.
Detention campaigns carried out since October 7 are accompanied by escalated crimes and violations such as humiliation, brutal beat, threats against detainees and their families, besides to vandalism and destruction in detainees’ houses, confiscating vehicles, gold and money, in addition to the destruction of infrastructure especially in the refugee camps of Tulkarem and Jenin.

Statistics include detainees who were arrested from their houses, on checkpoints, who surrendered themselves and those who were arrested as hostages. Besides to detention campaigns, the Israeli forces implemented field executions, afflicted detainees and their family members. . (18) detainees martyred in Israeli prisons and military camps since the 7th of October, in addition to hundreds of detainees whose identities are unknown . It is said that the corpses of (16) detainees who martyred after October 7 are still withheld, among (27) martyrs.

It is worth mentioning that the Israeli media revealed information that indicates the martyrdom of tens of detainees from Gaza in military camps, while the occupation authorities refused to reveal their identities. Moreover, they acknowledged the execution of many detainees.

*statistics on detention cases includes detainees who still under arrest and liberated ones
* Data does not include detention cases of Gaza, due to the occupation’s refusal to give any information and the continuation of practicing the crime of enforced disappearance against them. It is worth mentioning that the occupation forces arrested (4000) citizens from Gaza, in addition to hundreds Gazans who have been arrested in the West Bank.
* total number of detainees held in Israeli prisons stands at(9700), including (3380) administrative detainees in addition to (1400) detainees who have been classified as illegal fighters.
Detainees’ Institutions ( Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club, Addameer Association for Human Rights )