+50 Palestinian Women Held in Israeli Custody

Rasa - Israeli arrest campaigns targeting Palestinian women, including minors and university students, have notably escalated over the past few weeks, according to reports.

News ID: 437964

Date: 30 May 2018 - 22:21

RNA - Early on Tuesday, Israeli forces stormed Kafr al-Lubad town, in Tulkarem, and kidnapped the girl Alaa Fukaha from her family’s home. Female ex-prisoner Fidaa Ikhleil, 23, was also kidnapped from al-Khalil’s Northern town of Beit Ummar, Anin al-Qaid Network reported.

Their detention raised the female prisoners’ number in Israeli jails to more than 50 including injured and sick prisoners, according to the sources.

Anin al-Qaid Network called on human rights and women’s rights organization to intervene for the immediate release of Palestinian women and girls held in Israeli prisons amid very difficult detention condition.

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