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149 Palestinian children among nearly 5,000 captives



Palestinian Prisoners' Club:
  According to Israel's own statistics, there are 4,762 Palestinians in detention, including 13 women and 149 children; 134 captives are being held in so-called "administrative detention" without charge or trial.

Sentences range from 3 months to life; there are 561 Palestinians serving life sentences in Israel.

The largest single group of captives, 620, is serving between 10-15 years in prison.

The report also reveals that the vast majority of the captives, 4,183 of them, are from the occupied West Bank, 400 are from Gaza and 179 are from the occupied al-Quds ('Jerusalem').

There are also 214 Palestinian citizens of Israel behind bars along with 31 from outside Israel altogether.