Israeli forces killed 7, detained 375 Palestinians in April, NGO says
A Palestinian nongovernmental organization (NGO) says Israeli forces killed seven Palestinians and detained hundreds of others in the occupied West Bank as well as the besieged Gaza Strip in the course of last month.
The Ahrar Center for Prisoner Studies and Human Rights said in a statement on Friday that the Israeli forces fatally shot seven Palestinians in the Palestinian territories, and arrested at least 375 others, among them 50 children, in April.
The statement added that 113 Palestinians were detained by Israeli forces in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), while 86 were abducted in al-Khalil, 54 in Nablus, 40 in Bethlehem and 29 in Ramallah.
According to the statement, Israeli forces also arrested 26 Palestinians in Jenin, 11 in Qalqilya, four in Tulkarm and one in Salfit – all Palestinian cities in the occupied West Bank.
The Nablus-based NGO further noted that Israeli forces abducted 11 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
Additionally, 55 children and 19 women were among those arrested by Israeli forces in April.
In recent months, Israeli forces have frequently raided the houses of Palestinians in the West Bank, arresting dozens of people, who are then transferred to Israeli prisons, where they are kept without charge.
There have been many reports about the deteriorating health of Palestinian prisoners held inside Israeli jails.
More than 7,000 Palestinians are reportedly held in 17 Israeli prisons and detention camps. Moreover, 540 Palestinians are held without any trial under the so-called administrative detention, which is a sort of imprisonment without trial or charge that allows Israel to incarcerate Palestinians for up to six months. The detention order can be renewed for indefinite periods of time.
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