The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested over the past month more than 500 Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem the West Bank and Gaza Strip including 89 children and eight women according to Palestinian prisoners rights groups.
In a joint statement the Palestinian Prisoner Society the PA Prisoners Commission and Addameer organization said that the Israeli forces detained 102 Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem 88 from Ramallah 80 from al-Khalil 55 from Jenin 62 from Bethlehem 30 from Nablus 30 from Tulkarm 25 from Qalqilya 8 from Toubas 6 from Salfit 10 from Jericho and 10 from the Gaza Strip.
The reported arrests bring the Palestinian prisoners’ total number in Israeli jails to 5700 by January 31 2019 including 48 women and 230 children.
During the same reported period Israeli authorities held 95 Palestinians in administrative detention without charge or trial for various periods of time 50 of them were newly detained to bring the total number of administrative detainees to 500.
The statement also pointed out that 18 journalists are currently held in Israeli jails including three women three administrative detainees and two serving life sentences and two long prison terms.
