Palestinian Prisoners society: March saw 80 detentions in Al-Khalil

The Palestinian Prisoners Society in Al-Khalil released a report documenting 80 arrests and detentions carried out by the Zionist army against city residents during the month of March.

Nineteen of the 80 were under 16 years of age, including brothers Amir and Hasen Al-Muhtaseb held for 12 days each, and brothers Ibrahim and Sharif Abu Ei’sha, who were assaulted by settlers and detained during a raid on their home that involved the firing of gas canisters and sound bombs, the report said.

While some of the detainees were held for one to three days and questioned, at least 22 were transferred from military bases to centers in Ashkelon and Russian compound in Al-Quds for extensive interrogation, the report said.

Eighty-eight of the captives were men, with 13-year-old Suhad Eiwiewi and 34-year-old A’lieya’Abed Al-Majid Al-Muhtaseb, accounting for the final two detentions.

The prisoners’ society condemned the mass of arrests, noting numbers had doubled over average number of detentions, and called all of the seizures of Palestinians by Israeli forces inside Al-Khalil illegal.