Rights Group: Israel Holding 800 Palestinians Without Trial

FILE - Muamar Nakhleh, father of Amal Nakhleh, a Palestinian teen with a rare neuromuscular disorder, who had been held without charge for a year, shows his photo at his office, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Jan, 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Israel is holding nearly 800 Palestinians without trial or charge, the highest number since 2008, an Israeli rights group said Sunday.

The group, HaMoked, which regularly gathers figures from Israeli prison authorities, said that 798 Palestinians are currently being held in so-called administrative detention, a practice where the prisoners can be held for months, do not know the charges against them and are not granted access to the evidence against them.