RAMALLAH,
West Bank
(AFP) - More than 7,000 Palestinians, including 270 who
are under the age of 18, are currently held in Israeli prisons, the
Palestinian Central Bureau of
Statistics said on Friday.
Three of the prisoners have been in jail for more than 30 years, and 315
for
more than 15 years, PCBS said in a statement released to coincide with
Prisoners Day, which Palestinians mark on Saturday.
Of those currently held, 264 are under administrative
detention, which means
they are held without trial.
Since 1967, when it occupied the Palestinian territories, Israel has
detained more than 760,000 Palestinians, the statement said.
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