Israel Has Arrested over 2,000 Palestinians So Far in 2019

15 de julio de 2019, 16:04Ramallah, Jul 15 ( Prensa Latina ) Israeli occupying forces have arrested 2,759 Palestinians during the first six months of this year, the groups defending the prisoners of that nationality reported in Ramallah.

According to a joint document of the Commission on Prisoners' Affairs, the Prisoners' Society and the Addameer organization, this figure includes 446 minors and 76 women.

On the other hand, the number of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons until June 30 was 5,500, including 43 women and 220 minors, while those imprisoned under administrative detention (without charge or trial) are around 500.

Meanwhile, seven Palestinians under administrative detention continue their hunger strike to demand an end to their illegal arrest, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society.

The organization reported that the Israeli Prison Service took punitive measures against striking prisoners, denying them family visits, obstructing meetings with their lawyers, transferring them to other prisons and isolating them in uninhabitable cells.

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