Ramallah - Petra
Israeli forces have arrested 85 thousand Palestinians since the beginning of the second Al-Aqsa Intifada in September 2000, according to an official Palestinian report.
In a report issued on Sunday, the Palestinian Authority of Prisoner's Affairs Committee said 2500 arrests of Palestinians have taken place since the recent Israeli campaign began following the disappearance of the three settlers in Hebron on June 12.
The report added that among those arrested during the mentioned period included nearly 10,000 Palestinian children under the age of eighteen, 250 of which are still in Israeli jails, while hundreds have reached beyond the age of childhood and remain imprisoned.
The report also pointed out that Israel arrested more than 1000 women, with 19 of them still detained, while more than 65 deputies and former ministers were placed under administrative arrest more than once.