Defense for Children Palestine, 30.04.2024
Ramallah, April 30, 2024 – Israeli forces are detaining 61 Palestinian children in administrative detention.
Israeli forces are holding 61 Palestinian children in administrative detention as of March 31, according to information shared by the Israel Prison Service. This is a record number since DCIP began monitoring child administrative detainees in 2008. At least half of these children were detained after October 7, 2023, as Israeli forces escalated military operations throughout the occupied West Bank.
“Detaining children indefinitely, without charge or trial, amounts to arbitrary detention,” said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, accountability program director at DCIP. “Since October 7, Israeli forces have accelerated their arrest campaigns against Palestinian children and detained a record number of children without charge…