The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested 9920 Palestinians since October 2015 till December 2016 the PA authority for prisoners’ affairs revealed Wednesday.
2884 minors aged between 11 and 18 years old and 262 females were among the reported arrests the sources added.
6297 of those arrests took place in the West Bank 3192 in occupied Jerusalem 250 in Gaza Strip and 181 in the Green Line.
The rights activist Abdul Nasser Farwana said that all the detainees were subjected to torture and ill-treatment in Israeli jails and detention centers.
Farwana pointed out that Israeli arrests have notably escalated since the outbreak of Jerusalem Intifada in October 2015.
He called for shedding light on the serious implications of Israeli mass arrests on the Palestinian society.
There are approximately 7000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails including 64 women 13 of them minor girls. There are approximately 400 children in Megiddo and Ofer prisons and 700 administrative detainees held without charge or trial.
