• Reported that 66 Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli custody since beginning of aggression

Arab News

RAMALLAH: The Palestinian Prisoners Society has reported that since Oct. 7, 2023, there have been 17,000 arrests carried out in the West Bank, alongside thousands more in Gaza, according to the Jordan News Agency.

Its statement, published on the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, said that arbitrary arrests had peaked during this period.

The organization reported that 66 Palestinian prisoners had died in Israeli custody since the beginning of the aggression, and noted that detainees are subjected to systematic torture, starvation, and deprivation.

There are currently more than 10,100 Palestinians in Israeli prisons, the society reported. This number includes 37 women, over 400 children and 3,577 administrative detainees held without formal charges or having undergone a trial.