Tag: Palestinians

RAMALLAH, Palestine : More than 3,660 Palestinians are being held under administrative detention in Israeli prisons, the highest number since 1967, prisoners' rights groups said Tuesday. "As of the beginning of April, more than 3,660 Palestinians were being held under administrative detention in Israeli occupation prisons, marking 200 days since the continuous aggression in Gaza,'' the Commission of Detainees' Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a joint statement. The statement pointed out that "the number of detainees was around 1,320 before the Hamas Oct. 7 attack.'' Administrative detention is imprisonment...