More than 8,000 Palestinians in Israeli jails, rights groups say

Number held without charge at historic high amid intensified wave of arrests after 7 October attacks by Hamas

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More than 8,000 Palestinians are being held in Israeli jails, amid an intensified wave of arrests and detentions in Gaza and the West Bank since the 7 October attacks by Hamas, according to human rights groups.

Addameer, a human rights group supporting Palestinian political prisoners, said the detainees feature hundreds from Gaza, including 123 women, though the true total from the territory could be much higher.