Prisoners' institutions: 92 martyrs among prisoners within three years.. and enforced disappearance hides the fate of dozens of martyrs from Gaza detainees
28% of the Captive Movement's Martyrs Since 1967 Have Died Within the Last Three Years
Ramallah, 6-10-2026 – During a press conference and a support rally for prisoners held today, Tuesday, in the city of Al-Bireh, prisoners' institutions stated that 92 prisoners whose identities are known have died as martyrs within three years, while enforced disappearance hides the fate of dozens of martyred detainees from Gaza.
The institutions pointed out that approximately 28% of the total martyrs of the captive movement since 1967 have died during the past three years.
They further detailed that about 9,300 detainees are held in occupation prisons as of the beginning of this October. This includes:
- 118 prisoners serving life sentences.
- 91 female prisoners.
- 350 children.
- 3,101 administrative detainees.
- 1,419 detainees classified by the occupation as "unlawful combatants," including detainees from Syria and Lebanon.
The organizations confirmed that 26,000 arrest cases have been recorded in the West Bank, along with thousands in Gaza, since the beginning of the genocide. They added that 49% of the prisoners in the occupation's jails are held without "charges" or "trials." [1]
Since the beginning of the crime of genocide, the Israeli occupation has escalated its policy of arrest and persecution, turning it into a tool for collective revenge, subjugation, and the targeting of various segments of Palestinian society.
According to available data, more than 26,000 arrest cases were recorded in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, while the number of arrests in the Gaza Strip is estimated in the thousands. Documenting these cases remains highly difficult due to ongoing military operations, information blackouts, and enforced disappearances.
The arrests have targeted women, children, the elderly, the sick, journalists, and human rights workers. The number of detained women has exceeded 800, while child arrest cases in the West Bank have surpassed 2,000 since the start of the genocide.
The impact of arrest extends beyond detention itself to include raids, searches, vandalism, threats, and mistreatment. It also carries psychological, social, and economic consequences for the detainees and their families. According to human rights organizations, this makes detention a continuous tool for pressure and collective subjugation.
Speakers called for intensifying international pressure on the occupation to halt and abolish the use of the death penalty, and to ensure that the military or civil judiciary is not used as a tool to impose this sentence on a discriminatory basis.
They also emphasized that protecting the lives of Palestinian prisoners and detainees is an international responsibility that must not be treated as an internal matter or left hostage to retaliatory policies.