The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies on Friday said that the Israeli occupation forces arrested 5700 Palestinians in 2018 including 980 children and 175 women and girls.
Based on a report released by the Palestinian Prisoners Center 1800 arrest cases were documented in Jerusalem 900 in al-Khalil and 215 in the Gaza Strip.
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 1300 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.
