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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jason Burke and Sufian Taha in the West Bank

More than 8,000 Palestinians in Israeli jails, rights groups say

Legislation pushed through by Israel’s security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir means that prisoners have been subject to a ‘state of emergency’, allowing them to be confined to their cells.
Legislation pushed through by Israel’s security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, means that prisoners have been subject to a ‘state of emergency’, allowing them to be confined to their cells. Photograph: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP

More than 8,000 Palestinians are being held in Israeli jails, amid an intensified wave of arrests and detentions in Gaza and the West Bank since the 7 October attacks by Hamas, according to human rights groups.

Addameer, a human rights group supporting Palestinian political prisoners, said the detainees feature hundreds from Gaza, including 123 women, though the true total from the territory could be much higher.

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