Head of the Palestinian Authority Prisoners' Affairs Commission Qadri Abu Bakr called on the international community to break its silence and act promptly to put an end to the continuous arrests against the Palestinians.
Abu Bakr said that Palestinians are paying a high price as Israel’s disrespect of the international agreements and charters continue, stressing that the situation needs to end.
Around one million Palestinians have been arrested by Israeli forces since the 1967 Middle East war, according to the Palestinian Authority Prisoners' Affairs Commission.
"Around 17,000 women and girls and 50,000 children were among those detained," the Commission said in a statement on Saturday.
The NGO said more than 54,000 administrative detention orders were recorded since 1967.
"A total of 226 detainees have died inside Israeli prisons since 1967," it added.
The NGO said all those detained experienced "some form of physical or psychological torture, moral abuse, and cruel treatment".
The Commission noted that the Israeli occupation adopted the policy of arrests since 1967. Arrests became a daily phenomenon and an integral part of the life of Palestinians.
For his part, Fatah deputy chief Mahmoud al-Aloul stressed that the Palestinian people insist on fighting for their rights and for ending the occupation, especially their right of return.
