A case in point is detainee Walid Daqqa (Abu Milad), who martyred on April 7, 2024 at Asaf Harofeh Hospital, after 38 years of imprisonment, in which he confronted torture, assault, deprivation and isolation, in addition to a series of medical crimes. He passed away without seeing his family as the IPS deprived him of family visits since October 7. His health conditions deteriorated over the past months, which led to his martyrdom. It is worth mentioning that his remain is still withheld by the occupation until today.
. Number of martyrs whose remains still withheld stands at (27), the oldest of whom is detainee Anees Dolah, whose body is withheld since 1980.

*detention campaigns carried out in the West Bank since October 7*

*This brief includes only who got arrested from the West Bank, and exposed to the crime of forcible hide*

. Total number of arrests: (8270) in the West Bank


. Women: (275) women have been arrested ( including women arrested from the lands occupied in 1948, in addition to Gazan women who have been arrested in the West Bank.

. Children: (520) children have been arrested

. Journalists: (66) journalists have been arrested, (45) of them are still under arrest, and (23) sentenced to administrative detention

. More than (5168) orders of administrative detention have been issued since October 7


Detention campaigns are accompanied by many crimes and violations such as brutal beat, vandalism and destruction in detainees’ houses, confiscating cars, gold and money, in addition to the destruction of infrastructure especially in the refugee camps of Tulkarem and Jenin.

Statistics include detainees who were arrested from their houses, on checkpoints, who surrendered themselves and those who were arrested as hostages.

Besides to detention campaigns, the Israeli forces implemented field executions, afflicted detainees and their family members.


statistics on detention cases includes detainees who still under arrest and liberated ones

Data does not include detention cases of Gaza, due to the occupation’s refusal to give information and practicing the crime of forcible hide against them. It is worth mentioning that the occupation forces arrested hundreds of Gazan workers in the West Bank, in addition to citizens from Gaza who were previously in the West Bank for medical treatment.
. (240) detainees were liberated by the exchange deal on November 2023, but the Israeli authorities arrested (15) of them, including (5) children and (4) detainees.

🔺Issued by the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club

🔴 *The martyrdom of detainee Walid Daqqa (Abu Milad) after serving 38 years in Israeli prisons*

Ramallah
The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club announced the martyrdom of detainee Walid Nimer Daqqa, 62, from Western Baqa village in the lands occupied in 1948, who has cancer and detained since 38 years in Israeli prisons, due to a series of medical crimes committed against him deliberately in order to kill him.

Daqqa is one of the most prominent leaders of the Captive Movement in Israeli prisons, and he was detained before signing the Oslo Accord, where the Israeli authorities refused to release him by exchange deals over the past decades.

The Commission and the prisoner’s club stated in a joint report that we mourn the martyrdom of a national leader who spent his life defending his nation, and left a national and intellectual heritage. He faced the policies of torture, assault, deprivation and isolation, in addition to successive medical crimes.

He was supposed to be liberated on March 25, 2023, but the Israeli occupation authorities added two years ti his sentence to be 39 years, in spite of diagnosing him with blood cancer.

His health condition deteriorated many times since last March, due to the constant medical ignorance and moving him to the clinic of Alramla prison, where he lived in difficult conditions.
He was transferred to Jelboa prison and then to Ramla prison, and he was moved to Asaf Harofeh prison many times. He and other detainees faced cruel detention conditions after October 7, as his family was prevented from the visit and could not contact him since then.

Daqqa joined the Palestinian Liberation Organization and he was arrested on March 25, 1986, and sentenced to life imprisonment. At that time, the life sentence was determined to 37 years of imprisonment, which means that he was supposed to be liberated in 24/5/2023, but the court of Beersheba issued a decision to add two years to his sentence under the charge of getting involved in bringing cell phones inside the prison.

*During his meeting with the Head of Political team of the British Council*

*Fares: Britain should take a clear position on the Israeli aggression against Palestinian people and detainees*

April 4, 2024

The Head of the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, Qaddura Fares, called on the British Government to take a real position on the massive Israeli aggression against Palestinians, especially on the ferocious war in Gaza and the fascist attacks against male and female detainees in Israeli prisons.

This call came during a meeting with the Head of the Political Team in the British Consulate, Mr. Chris Barker, where Qaddura urged him to convey a message to his state that the massacres and violations committed against detainees are considered a retaliatory reaction to the incidents of October7, and there is no justification for this collective punishment.

Fares stated that we need an international intervention by an influential state to oblige Israel to stop the war in adhere to the Security Council’s resolution on cease fire. We as Palestinians believe that Britain is able to take actions in this matter, because of its international status and solid relations with Isreal.

Fares said : “ Britain holds extra responsibility towards the incidents in Palestine, being the main reason behind occupying the Palestinian territories by Israel through Balfour Declaration. Today we live in the most appropriate chance that enables Britain to atone for its sin and support giving the Palestinians the right of self determination in accordance with the resolutions of the international legitimacy “.

Fares denounced the ignorance of the global call of ceasefire by governments, people and even Israeli people, and confirmed that Israel does not respect international laws and agreements and does not abide by the resolutions of United Nations. Rather, Israel implemented a massive detention campaign and practiced torture and assault against Palestinian detainees, through a series of fascist laws.

Fares pointed out that detainees’ achievements in past decades, regarding food, water, clothing, medical care and the nature of cells , became meaningless after October 7, as detainees are currently deprived of their basic rights and became victims of cold, starvation and the hatred of jailers.

The Israeli occupation continues to chase and arrest liberated women detainees

April 7, 2024

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs called on international, regional and local feminists organizations, unions and societies working on women affairs to save Palestinian women from the Israeli targeting.

The Commission emphasized that invading the houses of liberated detainees became a firm manner pursued on a daily basis, where the Israeli army is trying to achieve retaliatory policies and taking revenge from Palestinians women and girls, depending beating, house vandalism and humiliation, without taking into consideration their privacy.

The Commission condemned the policy of chasing liberated detainees, the last of which was carried out today’s morning, as occupation forces invaded Ramallah and Birzeit village, arresting the liberated detainees Layan Kayed and Layan Naser, students in Birzeit University.

The Commission expressed its hope on establishing a feminist mobilization to support Palestinian women and expose the crimes committed against them by the occupation, and to practice pressure against governments and parliaments to take responsibility towards denying women’s rights in Palestine.

Recently, there was an escalation in arresting Palestinian women and girls, where they got detained based on a retaliatory tendencies, and used as hostages. It is worth mentioning that there are currently (81) women detained in Israeli prisons, the majority of them are held in Damoun prison in difficult and complicated health conditions.

*Brief on detention campaigns carried out in the West Bank since October 7 until March 31/3/2025*

*This brief includes only who got arrested from the West Bank, and exposed to the crime of forcible hide*

. Total number of arrests: (7895) in the West Bank


. Women: (258) women have been arrested ( including women arrested from the lands occupied in 1948, in addition to Gazan women who have been arrested in the West Bank.

. Children: (500) children have been arrested

. Journalists: (64) journalists have been arrested, (43) of them are still under arrest, and (23) sentenced to administrative detention

. More than (4430) orders of administrative detention have been issued since October 7


* detention campaigns are accompanied by many crimes and violations such as brutal beat, vandalism and destruction in detainees’ houses, confiscating cars, gold and money, in addition to the destruction of infrastructure especially in the refugee camps of Tulkarem and Jenin.

Statistics include detainees who were arrested from their houses, on checkpoints, who surrendered themselves and those who were arrested as hostages.

Besides to detention campaigns, the Israeli forces implemented field executions, afflicted detainees and their family members.

. (13) detainees martyred in Israeli prisons after the 7th of October due to systematic crimes of torture, assault, policy of starvation, isolation and the increasing medical ignorance which was the main reason for detainees’ martyrdom.

( Omar Daraghmeh from Tubas, Arafat Hamdan from Ramallah, Majed Zaqqul from Gaza, the fourth martyr is unknown, Abdulrahman Maree from Salfit, Thaer Abu Assab from Qalqilia and Abdulrahman Bahsh from Nablus, Muhammad Sabbar from Hebron, Khaled Shawish from Tubas, Ezz Al-deen banna from Gaza, Assef Refae from Ramallah, Ahmad Qdaih and Jumaa Abu Ghnaimeh, in addition to Muhammad Abu Snaineh, who martyred in Hadassa Hospital.

*The Israeli media announced the martyrdom of detainees from Gaza in Sadeh Timan military camp, and also announced the martyrdom of 27 detainees from Gaza lately*

*statistics on detention cases includes detainees who still under arrest and liberated ones*

*Data does not include detention cases of Gaza, due to the occupation’s refusal to give information and practicing the crime of forcible hide against them. It is worth mentioning that the occupation forces arrested hundreds of Gazan workers in the West Bank, in addition to citizens from Gaza who were previously in the West Bank for medical treatment.

- the total number of detainees in Israeli prisons stands at (9100) including more than (3558) administrative detainees and (793) detainees from Gaza who were classified as illegal fighters.

*Detainees’ Institutions ( Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club, Addameer Association for Human Rights )*