90 Palestinian women held in Israeli prisons, rights group says

Israel is holding 90 Palestinian women in its prisons, where they face hunger, abuse and strip searches, a prisoners’ affairs group said Wednesday, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said most of the women are detained at Damon prison in northern Israel, including two minors. The detainees include a pregnant woman, 25 administrative detainees held without charge, three journalists, and two cancer patients. The group said the detained women face harsh conditions, including hunger, deprivation, medical neglect, abuse, solitary confinement and assaults, including strip searches. Most arrests are carried out on allegations of incitement, the group said, adding that more than 700 women have been detained since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, mainly in the […]