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Israeli occupation forces arrested 3,533 Palestinians in the first half of the year, including 651 children, Palestinian human rights organizations said on Tuesday. In a joint report prepared by human rights organizations, the Prisoners Commission and the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Israel arrested 449 Palestinians in June, including 117 from Jerusalem. and 12 from the Gaza Strip, Most of them were fishermen arrested at sea. The Israeli treatment of Palestinian children in military detention has become a major concern for the international community. According to the Study Center on Palestinian Prisoners, the number of children arrested has increased by 30% compared to the same period in 2017, when 380 children were arrested by Israeli forces.
Administrative detention allows Israel to detain without charge or trial for renewable six-month periods. Israel says that the purpose of the administrative detention is to allow the authorities to detain suspects, while continuing to gather evidence, with the aim of preventing attacks in the meantime. But the system has long been criticized by Palestinians, human rights groups and members of the international community who say Israel is abusing the measure.
The Israeli army frequently conducts extensive campaigns of arrests in the West Bank under the pretext of seeking "wanted" Palestinians. About 6,500 Palestinians are currently in Israeli jails, including 350 child prisoners, according to Palestinian figures. Of these, approximately 430 were detained under administrative detention laws. A report released in April by the Palestinian Prisoner & # 39; s Society (PPS) also claimed that 700 of the detainees were chronically ill, requiring urgent medical treatment and intensive follow-up, while 26 of them were suffering from 39, a cancer
. a human rights body of the UN for its killing of protesters in Gaza and the treatment of Palestinians, declaring it a "war crime" under the Rome Statute. The high number of casualties triggered a diplomatic reaction against Israel and new accusations of excessive use of force against unarmed protesters.
According to the United States, in the last seven weeks, more than 100 Palestinian protesters have died. Among the dead are children, journalists, doctors and many unemployed young people. About 12,000 were injured. More than 1,000 children have been injured by Israeli forces in the besieged Gaza Strip during protests, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The US agency pointed out that some injuries had been serious and potentially fatal, including amputations
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