{"id":5533,"date":"2026-03-18T23:36:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T23:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/israel-holding-more-than-half-of-palestinian-child-detainees-without-charge\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T23:36:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T23:36:55","slug":"israel-holding-more-than-half-of-palestinian-child-detainees-without-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/israel-holding-more-than-half-of-palestinian-child-detainees-without-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel holding more than half of Palestinian child detainees without charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Rights group says Palestinian children consistently report \u2018appalling and debilitating conditions\u2019 in Israeli prisons.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>More than half of the Palestinian children detained in Israeli prisons at the end of last year were being held without charge or trial, a Palestinian rights group has said, as concerns mount over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/1\/20\/israeli-prisons-are-akin-to-torture-camps-israeli-rights-group-finds\">reported abuses in Israeli detention facilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Wednesday, Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP) said 51 percent of 351 detained Palestinian children were being held in what\u2019s known as \u201cadministrative detention\u201d as of December 31, 2025.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2026\/3\/9\/how-us-israel-war-on-iran-deepens-gaza-crisis\">How US-Israel war on Iran deepens Gaza crisis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/12\/israel-drops-charges-on-soldiers-who-allegedly-raped-palestinian-detainee\">Israel drops charges against soldiers in Palestinian detainee abuse case<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2026\/3\/16\/quran-echoes-loudly-as-palestinian-reciters-gather-in-gaza\">Quran echoes loudly as Palestinian reciters gather in Gaza<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>That is \u201cboth the highest number and the highest proportion on record\u201d since the group began monitoring the figures in 2008, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dci-palestine.org\/more_than_half_of_palestinian_child_detainees_have_no_charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Citing newly released Israel Prison Service (IPS) statistics, DCIP said the figures account for Israeli prisons under IPS administration but do not include children held in Israeli military detention and interrogation centres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no available data for the number of children or adults detained at these sites, though DCIP has gathered firsthand testimonies from previously <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/1\/26\/why-are-there-so-many-palestinian-children-in-israeli-prisons\">detained children<\/a> describing systematic torture and dehumanizing conditions,\u201d the organisation said.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinians across the occupied territories, including children, have faced a surge in arrests and detention in the shadow of Israel\u2019s genocidal war in the Gaza Strip, which began in October 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli authorities have used administrative detention to hold many of those detainees.<\/p>\n<p>A longstanding policy, administrative detention allows Israel to hold Palestinians without charge or trial for six-month periods that can be renewed indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>According to Palestinian prisoner advocacy group Addameer, <a href=\"https:\/\/addameer.ps\/statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than a third<\/a> of the 9,500 Palestinians detained by Israel as of March 11 were being held under administrative detention.<\/p>\n<p>DCIP\u2019s statement on Wednesday comes amid <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/19\/torture-threats-rape-palestinian-journalists-detail-israeli-jail-abuse\">multiple reports<\/a> by human rights groups detailing allegations of a range of abuses in Israeli prisons and interrogation facilities, including sexual violence and torture.<\/p>\n<p>While Israel has denied any wrongdoing, in August 2024, Israeli rights organisation B\u2019Tselem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.btselem.org\/publications\/202408_welcome_to_hell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">described<\/a> the Israeli prison system as a \u201cnetwork of torture camps\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The group, which interviewed dozens of former detainees, accused Israeli authorities of employing \u201c<span>a systemic, institutional policy focused on the continual abuse and torture of all Palestinian prisoners\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>DCIP also said Palestinian children have consistently reported \u201c<span>appalling and debilitating conditions within Israeli detention facilities\u201d, from beatings to denials of medical care and torture, including the use of solitary confinement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It added that the torture and arbitrary detention of children violates the United Nations\u2019 Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Israel has ratified.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rights group says Palestinian children consistently report \u2018appalling and debilitating conditions\u2019 in Israeli prisons. More than half of the Palestinian children detained in Israeli prisons at the end of last year were being held without charge or trial, a Palestinian rights group has said, as concerns mount over reported abuses in Israeli detention facilities. 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