Ramallah, MINA – A total of 4,769 young Palestinian men and women are being held in Israeli prisons, the head of the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ Affairs said Wednesday, Anadolu Agency reports.
Raed Abu al-Hummus made the remarks on youth-day/">International Youth Day, observed annually on August 12 to highlight youth issues and their role in building societies.
“The number of young male detainees in Israeli prisons between the ages of 18 and 40 stands at 4,713, while the number of young female detainees is 56,” Abu al-Hummus said.
He said 41 of the 91 Palestinian prisoners killed in Israeli prisons since October 2023 were young people.
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“The bodies of 40 of them remain held by Israeli authorities, along with dozens of bodies of prisoners from different age groups,” he added.
Abu al-Hummus emphasized that Palestinian youth have the right to mark youth-day/">International Youth Day like all youth around the world, “to dream and plan for a bright future free of all dangers and forms of threat imposed by the occupation.”
He called on international institutions, particularly youth-focused organizations, to reject the targeting of Palestinian youth and raise their voices for their right to live free from the restrictions imposed by the Israeli occupation.
More than 9,400 Palestinian prisoners are held in Israeli jails, including 92 women and more than 370 children, according to Palestinian and Israeli rights groups. They face torture, starvation and medical neglect, which have led to the deaths of dozens of detainees.[]
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