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RAMALLAH, October 9, 2013 (WAFA) - The Israel Prisons Service (IPS) said Wednesday that there are 4762 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel, including 12 female prisoners and 134 held in administrative detention without charge or trial, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Club.

It said that the IPS issued new statistics that said there are 149 minors among the prisoners, including 53 between 16 and 18 years of age, 30 between 14 and 16 and one less than 14.

The majority of the prisoners are serving long term sentences with 561 serving one or multiple life terms, 440 serving more than 20 years, 458 serving between 15 and 20 years, 620 serving between 10 and 15 years and 250 between 7 to 10 years. The rest are either have not been sentenced yet, and they amount to 1601, or serving less than 7 years.

The IPS said 4183 prisoners are from the West Bank, 400 from the Gaza Strip, 179 from East Jerusalem, 214 from inside Israel and 31 from outside.

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October 12, 2013

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) – There are 5,200 Palestinians in 17 Israeli military prisons and detention centers, according to a report released Saturday by the Palestinian Authority’s ministry of prisoners’ affairs.

The report highlighted that 2,450 Palestinians were detained in 2013 including 476 children and 49 women. A number of those detainees were released later.

Thirteen Palestinian lawmakers are still in Israel’s custody, the report added. It noted that since 2000, Israel has detained about 60 Palestinian lawmakers and ministers. Among the lawmakers who are still in custody are Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi, PFLP secretary-general Ahmad Saadat and senior Hamas leader Hasan Yousif.

The report says 520 prisoners are serving life sentences and more. Abdullah Barghouthi, according to the report, is serving 67 life terms and an additional 250 years.

Among the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody are elderly people such as Fuad Shubaki, 83, and Omar Akkawi, 64.

The report added that 204 prisoners have died in Israel’s custody. The latest to die were Maysara Abu Hamdiyya and Arafat Jaradat, according to the report.