More than 9,600 Palestinians detained in Israeli jails

Gaza condition/ © WFP/Maxime Le Lijour

JAKARTA - The Palestinian Prisoners and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission reported that the number of Palestinian and Arab prisoners in Israeli jails reached more than 9,600 people as of early April 2026.

The Prisoners' Commission, the Palestinian Society of Prisoners (PPS), and the Addameer Prisoners and Human Rights Support Association said the number of female prisoners reached 86, including two who were detained before the genocide of October 7, 2023, and 25 who were detained under administrative detention.

The statement also said the number of child detainees under the age of 18 reached about 350 people, spread across Ofer and Megiddo prisons, with two girls detained in Damon prison.

According to the statement, by the end of 2025 the number of children detained under administrative detention had reached 180.

The number of administrative detainees in Israeli prisons rose to more than 3,532 in early April 2026. The number includes women and children, the majority of whom are former prisoners who have spent years in Israeli prisons.

Other categories of prisoners include school and university students, journalists, human rights activists, lawyers, engineers, doctors, academics, members of parliament, workers, and close relatives of Palestinians who were killed and those who are held in Israeli prisons, including their sisters and wives.

Meanwhile, the number of prisoners categorized by the Israeli occupiers as "illegal combatants", according to the prison, had reached 1,251 at the beginning of April 2026. This number does not include those detained in Israeli military detention centers.

The statement also confirmed that the number of sick prisoners in Israeli prisons increased after the genocide.

Most of them suffer from congenital diseases, injuries, or serious illnesses as a result of the genocidal policy that makes them live in harsh and repressive conditions.

The number continues to increase amid the ongoing policy of torture and medical abuse, including a ban on medical treatment.

It is said that the number of prisoners who have died in Israeli custody since 1967 has reached 326, including 89 who died after the genocide.

The data only includes known identities of prisoners who died in Israeli custody, while dozens of other prisoners from Gaza are still reported missing.

Meanwhile, the number of Palestinian prisoners who died in Zionist detention and their bodies were detained by them has reached 97 during the period before and after the genocide.