Ramallah, Oct. 6 (Petra) – Ninety-two identified Palestinian
prisoners have died in Israeli prisons over the past three years,
Palestinian prisoners’ organizations said Tuesday.

Speaking at a press conference and solidarity gathering for prisoners
in Al-Bireh, in the central West Bank, the organizations said deaths
over the past three years accounted for 28 percent of all recorded
Palestinian prisoner deaths since 1967. They added that Israel
continues to withhold information on the fate of dozens of Gaza
detainees who have died.

The organizations said 9,300 Palestinians were being held in Israeli
prisons as of the beginning of October, including 118 serving life
sentences, 91 women, 350 children, and 3,101 administrative
detainees. They said about half of those held are detained without
charge or trial.

The groups also reported 26,000 arrests in the West Bank over the
three-year period and thousands more in Gaza since the start of the
Israeli assault. They said those detained in the West Bank included
800 women and more than 2,000 children.

The organizations called on the international community to protect
Palestinian prisoners.

//Petra// AO