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.

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