90 Palestinian women held behind bars in Israeli jails: Advocacy group
A Palestinian prisoners' rights advocacy group says Israeli authorities are keeping 90 Palestinian women behind bars across the occupied territories, subjecting them to hunger, abuse and strip searches.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a statement on Wednesday that most of the women are being held at Damon Prison in the northern part of the occupied lands, and there are two minors among them.
The female abductees include a pregnant woman, 25 administrative detainees held without charge, three journalists, and two cancer patients.
The rights group said the Palestinian women face harsh conditions, including hunger, deprivation, medical neglect, abuse, solitary confinement and assaults, including strip searches.
Most abductions are conducted under the pretext of incitement, the advocacy group said, adding that more than 700 women have been kidnapped since the start of the Gaza genocidal war in October 2023, mainly in the occupied West Bank, including East al-Quds. No clear data is available for abductions in Gaza.
The group said the escalation comes during one of the deadliest periods for Palestinian women, citing continued violations, including physical and sexual assaults and the detention of women as leverage against their families.
On April 14, the Prisoners Society, Addameer and the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs said in a joint statement that more than 9,600 Palestinians were held in Israeli prisons as of early April, including 86 women and about 350 children.
Since the start of the bloody Gaza onslaught on October 7, 2023, attacks by Israeli forces and illegal settlers in the West Bank have killed at least 1,133 Palestinians, wounded about 11,700 others and led to nearly 22,000 arrests, according to Palestinian figures.
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