Nearly 100 Palestinian women held in Israeli prisons
At least 94 Palestinian women are behind bars in Israeli jail, according to the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society.
The organizations said most are in Damon Prison in northern Israel.
They added that the number is likely an underestimate because Israeli authorities are holding many women in various detention camps and have not given any information about them.
“Women are being subject to torture, starvation, and medical crimes. Some are being placed in isolated cells and subject to strip searches,” the organizations said.
“Twenty-three women are being held under administrative detention without charge or trial, while most of the rest are detained for alleged ‘incitement’, including students, lawyers, journalists, activists and mothers.”