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Mass detentions in the Gaza war

Mass detentions in the Gaza war
Part of the Gaza war, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and the Gaza genocide[a]
Mass detention of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by Israeli soldiers, December 7
DateOctober 7, 2023 (2023-10-07)–present (1 year, 3 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
Location
Israel, Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories
MethodsArrests, administrative detentions, disappearances[2]
StatusOngoing
Parties
Gazan Palestinians
West Bank Palestinians
Arab–Israelis
Number

Workers in Israel: 4,000–5,000[b]

Inside Gaza:
3,120[c]
9,021[d]
270[e]
Casualties
Death(s)36 died in Israeli custody[f]

Since the outbreak of the Gaza war on October 7, 2023, Israel has carried out mass arrests and detentions of Palestinians. Thousands have been arrested in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories and in Israel, based on alleged militant activity, offensive social media postings, or arbitrarily.[3][10][11][12][13][14]

News outlets and human rights organizations both within and outside of Israel reported that thousands of Gazan workers in Israel were detained in the weeks following October 7.[3][11][13] Additionally, Israel has detained or enforced disappearance of residents of the Gaza Strip, arrested Palestinians in the West Bank and Arab citizens of Israel, and detained fighters captured inside Israel.[2][15][16][17][18][19] Concerns have been raised regarding the legality, secrecy, and conditions of many detentions, including allegations of mistreatment, torture, and sexual assault.[20][13][21][22]

On 3 November 2023, Israel deported 3,200 Gazan Palestinian workers who were detained in Israel following the October 7 attacks to the Gaza Strip.[5] In addition to Palestinian prisoners in custody prior to the outbreak of the war, an unknown number of individuals remain in detention.[13][22] More than 4,700 Palestinians have been arrested in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem since October 7, according to the UN.[23][24] Those arrested or detained include journalists, politicians and political activists, artists, medics and physicians, temporary workers, and other civilians, including women and children. As of July 2024, more than 9,700 Palestinians in total were being held in Israeli prisons, per the Palestinian Prisoners Club.[25]

Images of a mass arrest by Israeli soldiers in Gaza circulated widely during the war, showing men and boys with no known organizational affiliations stripped to their underwear, tied up, and blindfolded.[26][27][28][29] After the images began to circulate, Israeli authorities and media described the scene as the surrender of 150 suspected Hamas militants in Khan Younis.[30][31][32][33] Analysts questioned the authenticity of the purported surrender, suggesting that it may have been staged by Israeli forces.[28][34] Security officials later acknowledged that the scene was not a mass surrender of Hamas militants.[35] Human rights groups have expressed concern about the images and the detentions.[27][36][37]

  1. ^ "'You Feel Like You Are Subhuman': Israel's Genocide Against Palestinians In Gaza" (PDF). Amnesty International. p. 31-32. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 5, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Urgently investigate inhumane treatment and enforced disappearance of Palestinians detainees from Gaza". Amnesty International. December 20, 2023. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Thousands of Palestinian Workers Have Gone Missing in Israel". jacobin.com. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  4. ^ "Thousands of Gazans missing in Israel as workers 'rounded up and blindfolded'". The Independent. October 23, 2023. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  5. ^ a b McKernan, Bethan; Carroll, Rory (November 3, 2023). "Israel deports thousands of stranded Palestinian workers back to Gaza". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  6. ^ "Statistics on the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip (07 October - 23 February 2024)". euromedmonitor.org. Euromed Monitor. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  7. ^ "Israel is detaining more than 9,000 Palestinians: Prisoner rights group". Al Jazeera. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  8. ^ "Wartime Israel shows little tolerance for Palestinian dissent". AP News. November 30, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  9. ^ Jeffery, Jack. "Released Palestinians describe worsening abuses in Israeli prisons". Associated Press. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  10. ^ Sawafta, Ali; Chacar, Henriette (November 18, 2023). "West Bank Palestinians report Israeli beatings, mistreatment". Reuters. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Since start of war, more than 1,700 Palestinians in the West Bank have disappeared into Israeli custody, officials say". The Globe and Mail. October 30, 2023. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  12. ^ Abdel-Baqui, Omar (November 5, 2023). "Israel Steps Up Arrests in the West Bank in Wake of Hamas Attacks". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on November 5, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  13. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference Horrifying was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  16. ^ "Mass arrests of Palestinians in occupied West Bank". Al Jazeera. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  17. ^ Cite error: The named reference ACRIAppeal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  18. ^ ACRI (October 31, 2023). "To Inform the Relatives of Detained Terrorists | Association for Civil Rights in Israel". ACRI - english. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  19. ^ "Hungry, thirsty and humiliated: Israel's mass arrest campaign sows fear in northern Gaza". AP News. December 14, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  20. ^ Borger, Julian (March 5, 2024). "Palestinians 'beaten and sexually assaulted' at Israeli detention centres, UN report claims". The Guardian. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
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  22. ^ a b Amer, Ruwaida. "'Tortured, arrested and insulted', say workers returned to Gaza by Israel". Al Jazeera. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
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  24. ^ "UN report deplores 'rapid deterioration' of rights in West Bank". Reuters. December 28, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  25. ^ "Palestinian released from Israeli jail 'came back from the dead'". France24. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  26. ^ "Video shows Israeli soldiers rounding up Palestinian men in Northern Gaza". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  27. ^ a b Salman, Abeer (December 7, 2023). "Images from Gaza show Israeli soldiers detaining dozens of men stripped to underwear". CNN. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  28. ^ a b "Video shows stripped Palestinian men detained in Gaza". BBC. December 8, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  29. ^ "Israel-Gaza latest: 'We arrest everyone,' Israeli military says after video emerges". Sky News. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  30. ^ "Over 150 Hamas terrorists surrender to IDF forces in Khan Yunis". I24news. December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  31. ^ "Images circulate of dozens of Hamas terrorists surrendering in Gaza". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  32. ^ Fabian, Emmanuel (December 7, 2023). "Footage shows numerous Gaza terror suspects who apparently surrendered to IDF troops". Times of Israel.
  33. ^ Kershner, Isabel (December 7, 2023). "Israel Says It Detained Hundreds of Terrorism Suspects in Gaza". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  34. ^ "Israel accused of staging Palestinian surrender video". Al Jazeera. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  35. ^ Cite error: The named reference :55 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  36. ^ Stack, Liam; Abdulrahim, Raja; Lajka, Arijeta (December 8, 2023). "Israel Defends Mass Detention of Gazan Men Amid Outrage". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  37. ^ Keller-Lynn, Shayndi Raice and Carrie (December 10, 2023). "Israel Detains Hundreds of Palestinian Men in Search for Hamas". WSJ. Retrieved December 11, 2023.


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