Israel Holding More than 600 without Charge, Most Since 2016

Muamar Nakhleh, father of Amal Nakhleh, a Palestinian teen with a rare neuromuscular disorder, who has been held without charge for a year in what Israel refers to as "administrative detention," shows his photo at his office, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Jan, 10, 2022. (AP)

Israel is holding some 600 Palestinian detainees without charge or trial, the highest number since 2016, an Israeli rights group said Monday.

Israel says it uses so-called administrative detention to thwart attacks and to hold dangerous militants without revealing sensitive intelligence. Palestinians and rights groups say the system is widely abused and denies due process, with some detainees held for months or years without seeing the evidence against them.