🔴 Brief on detention campaigns carried out in the West Bank since the beginning of the genocide

🔴 Excluding arrest cases in Gaza estimated at thousands

The total number of arrests stands at (11.600) in the West Bank and Jerusalem.

Women: the total number of women arrests stands at (430) 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 (760)
. Journalists: (132) journalists have been arrested, (58) of them are still under arrest, including (6) female journalists and (31) journalists from Gaza.

More than (10.000) 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.

The highest record of arrest cases was in Hebron and Jerusalem

🔴 (41) detainees martyred in Israeli prisons and military camps since the 7th of October, in addition to (24) martyrs from Gaza who died in Israeli prisons and detention centers, whom the occupation has not announced their names or martyrdom conditions. Moreover, they acknowledged the execution of many detainees.

The remains of (39) detainees who martyred after October 7 are still withheld, among (50) martyrs.

Data exclude 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 about (4500) citizens from Gaza, in addition to hundreds Gazans who have been arrested in the West Bank.

Note: data on detention campaigns is variable on a daily basis due to the continuous arrest campaigns

Detainees’ Institutions ( Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club, Addameer Association for Human Rights )

Number of female detainees held in Israeli prisons

Number of martyred detainees whose bodies are withheld in cemeteries and refrigerators

Number of administrative detainees

Arrests of school students by the Israeli authorities

Number of female detainees held in Israeli prisons

Number of detainees held in Israeli prisons

Serious escalations in dealing with detainees held in Itzion detention center

November 5, 2024

The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs disclosed serious escalations pursued by the occupation forces in dealing with detainees held in Itzion detention center, as there are new tactics that aim at harming detainees physically and psychologically.

According to the last visit managed by the commission’s lawyer, she pointed out that detainees are brought to the visit handcuffed, blindfolded with there heads covered by plastic bags, which is a reminder of the harsh scenes of interrogation used in the first and second uprising.

The report showed that the plastic bag is tightly wrapped around the mouth and nose of detainees, making it difficult to breathe.

The lawyer emphasized that detainees were brought to visits to a room that is empty of chairs, and that the soldiers tended to surround them in a horrific manner. In addition, they tried to disrupt the visit and asked for finishing it.

The lawyer pointed out that all detainees were subjected to beat and torture, as bruises were apparent on their bodies, and their rooms were stormed for times without any justification.

It is worth mentioning that Itzion detention center is located between Bethlehem and Hebron, managed by an army unit.
(120) detainees are currently held there, the majority of them are under custody or administrative detention.
(916) visits have been managed since the end of the past year.