Number of Palestinian women in Israel prisons rises to 89 after 4 West Bank students detained
LONDON: The number of Palestinian women detained or serving sentences in Israeli prisons has risen to 89, following the detention of four female West Bank students on Tuesday morning.
Rights organization the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said those being held include two women suffering from cancer, three minors and three pregnant women, as well as 19 administrative detainees, who are held without charge or trial.
On Tuesday, Israeli forces detained Natalie Abu Diya and Joulan Abu Awwad after raiding their homes in the town of Birzeit. They also arrested Laila Khalil from Beitunia and another unidentified woman. All four are students enrolled at Birzeit University, about 24 miles north of Ramallah in the West Bank, the Palestine News Agency reported.
The majority of Palestinian women detained by Israel are held in Damon Prison, near the coastal city of Haifa.
