In January, ‘Israel’ detained 456 Palestinians, including 93 minors, 8 women

Palestinian prisoners’ advocacy groups said that Israeli occupation detained 456 Palestinians during January, including 93 minors and 8 women.

The groups said that the Israeli occupation authorities also issued 105 administrative detention orders in January.

By the end of January, 4500 Palestinians have been imprisoned in Israeli jails, among them 37 women, 140 children and 45 held in administrative detention.

There are also 26 Palestinian prisoners before Oslo.

The number of Palestinian prisoners serving a sentence above 20 years is 497, while the number of prisoners serving life a sentence is 543.

There are 33 Palestinian prisoners serving more than 25 years of sentence, and 57 serving more than 20 years of sentence.

The groups also said that 355 Palestinian prisoners have tested positive for COVID-19, 11 priosners are suffering from cancer, and 300 priosners have chronic diseases.