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300 Palestinians detained in al-Khalil

Tuesday 11-April-2017

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested over the past three months nearly 300 Palestinians from al-Khalil to the south of the West Bank Prisoners Information Center revealed.

The reported arrests include 12 Palestinian women and 53 children including an 8-year-old boy the center added.

The two MPs Samira Halaiqa and Mohamed Ismail al-Tal from al-Khalil were also arrested during the reported period.

The center pointed out that the highest rates of Israeli arrest campaigns are regularly reported in al-Khalil.

Since the beginning of 2017 two Palestinian prisoners from al-Khalil were sentenced to life in prison while 68 administrative detention orders were issued against prisoners of al-Khalil.

There are currently 6500 Palestinian prisoners held arbitrarily in Israeli jails including 62 women 300 children and 500 administrative detainees.

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