980 Children Among 5,700 Palestinians Arrested in 2018

The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies on Friday announced that the Israeli occupation forces arrested 5,700 Palestinians in 2018, including 980 children and 175 women and girls.

News ID: 442724

Date: 30 December 2018 - 14:58

RNA - Based on a report released by the Palestinian Prisoners Center, 1,800 arrest cases were documented in Jerusalem, 900 in al-Khalil, and 215 in the Gaza Strip, Palinfo reported.

The reported noted that 980 children were arrested in 2018, many of whom were under the age of 10, like the 3-year-old Dergham Maswada who was harassed and detained by Israeli soldiers in the Old City of al-Khalil.

In 2018, 175 Palestinian women and girls, 7 members of the parliament, 1,300 ex-prisoners, and 150 Palestinians with special needs were arrested.

During the same period, 5 Palestinian detainees died while in Israeli custody: Yasin al-Saradih, 33, Mohammed Anbar, 46, Mohammed Marshoud, 30, Aziz Oweisat, 53, and Mohammed al-Rimawi, 24.

The report added that the Israel Prison Service conducted 185 break-ins into the Palestinian prisoners' cells and dungeons in 2018, an increase by 26% compared to 2017.

The Israeli Knesset in 2018 discussed and approved a number of arbitrary bills targeting Palestinian prisoners, including a law that allows the execution of prisoners who carried out attacks, a law that provides for cutting funds to the Palestinian Authority by the amount it pays to the families of prisoners, and a law that deprives prisoners affiliated with resistance groups detaining Israeli soldiers of family visits.

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