US EditionIsrael labelled 4,500 detained Gaza civilians as ‘unlawful combatants’, report finds
Only 25% of Palestinians detained from Gaza are identified as militants under Israel's Unlawful Combatants Law, with many civilians held indefinitely without trial, rights groups report.
- Israeli military intelligence records show only 1,450 of 6,000 Palestinians held under the combatant law are fighters, a joint probe by The Guardian, +972, and Local Call found Thursday.
- Israel's Unlawful Combatants Law grants the military power to detain people indefinitely without trial or lawyer access, and mass arrests after October 7, 2023, raised concerns about uninvolved civilians being swept up.
- Former detainees and medics described Fahamiya al-Khalidi, an 82-year-old with Alzheimer’s held six weeks after December 2023 arrest, alongside reports of torture and incommunicado detention in Israeli facilities.
- The military reported returning more than 2,000 civilians to Gaza after finding no militant links, and over 2,500 classified 'unlawful combatants' were later released during the war.
- Rights groups warn that the practice amounts to enforced disappearance and note detentions serve as leverage in hostage negotiations, attracting scrutiny from the ICJ and ICC.
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New Investigation Reveals Most Palestinians Held Without Charge or Trial in Israeli Jails Are Civilians - Quds News Network
Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- A new investigation, based on classified data from an Israeli military database, has revealed that only one in four detainees from Gaza are identified as fighters, with civilians making up the overwhelming majority of Palestinians held without charge or trial in Israeli jails. The joint probe by the Guardian, +972 magazine and the Hebrew-language outlet Local Call has found those jailed for long periods wi…
The Israeli military has officially admitted that only about 25 percent of Palestinians detained in the Gaza Strip since the start of the ground offensive have been identified as armed fighters. The figures have raised great concern among human rights organizations and international opinion, as they suggest that the majority of those detained are civilians. According to data released by Israeli military intelligence officials, of the approximate…
According to classified data, only one in four prisoners are identified as combatants by Israeli military intelligence.
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