PPS: IOF Arrests 7 Palestinian Women
According to the statement, most of these arrests were carried out under allegations of 'incitement' on social media—part of what the organization describes as a systematic policy to criminalize digital expression and silence Palestinian voices. The PPS noted that such arrests often serve as a de facto form of administrative detention, bypassing due process and targeting freedom of speech.
Currently, most female detainees are held in Damon Prison. Among them are two women from Gaza, two minors, two pregnant women in their sixth month, and ten administrative detainees. Notably, two women have been imprisoned since before October 7, and Israeli authorities continue to deny their release.
The PPS also revealed that more than 560 Palestinian women have been arrested since the start of the ongoing war, including those from the West Bank, Jerusalem, and the Palestinian territories occupied in 1948. Due to the continuing siege and blackout in Gaza, exact figures for detainees from the Strip remain unavailable.
The group warned that this escalation represents a deliberate and wide-ranging campaign of repression. It emphasized that the wave of arrests has targeted women of all ages and regions, including minors. In many cases, women have reportedly been detained as leverage, used to pressure male relatives to turn themselves in. The PPS described this practice as one of the most alarming trends to emerge since October 7.
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