The Palestinian Center for Prisoner Studies criticized the use of this controversial law in a statement. Human rights groups reject it because it allows authorities to withhold evidence against detainees while they remain imprisoned for extended periods without being charged, tried, or convicted.

The statement specified that the figure includes both new orders and renewals for additional periods.

Israel practices a policy of collective punishment against Palestinians by detaining thousands of them without knowing the charges and based solely on suspicions, doubts, and security reports, the Center emphasized.

The Center’s director, Riyad Al-Ashqar, stated that since the beginning of the current cycle of violence on October 7, 2023, Israeli authorities have intensified this measure against Palestinians in a very dangerous and unprecedented manner.

The researcher detailed that currently some 3,400 Palestinians, including 80 minors, are locked up under that regulation, which represents 35 percent of the total of 9,500.

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