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According to a joint report for the year 31 issued by the Commission for Prisoners and Ex-Detainees Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club, Addameer Association for Prisoner Care and Human Rights, and the Wadi Hilweh Center in Jerusalem, 160 women prisoners and 2023 children are held in Israeli prisons.

During 2023, human rights organizations recorded about 2300,350 arrests, including "more than 40 children, most of them from Jerusalem, and <> women and girls." Among the oldest female prisoners languishing in Israeli prisons:

Maysoon Musa Aljabali

Maysoon Musa al-Habali was born in 1995 to a family from the village of al-Shawawra, east of Bethlehem, and is the sister of 7 brothers and 5 sisters. After finishing high school, she joined Al-Quds University in Abu Dis to study English literature, but she did not complete her studies, as she was arrested in 2015.

Al-Jabali was arrested on June 29, 2015, after she stabbed an Israeli soldier at the Rachel's Dome checkpoint, resulting in minor and moderate injuries, but Israeli soldiers managed to control Maysoon and arrest her after severely beating her.

At the same time, the occupying forces raided the house of the Maysoon family, east of Bethlehem, in a thorough search operation, destroyed many of its contents and assaulted a number of family members.

The verdict in Maysoun's case was postponed 14 times before she was sentenced to 16 years in prison in November 2016 and serving her sentence in Damon prison.

She was nicknamed the dean of prisoners at the end of 2021, as she became the oldest Palestinian prisoner still in Israeli prisons, after the release of Amal Taqatqa, who was older than her, and her sentence ended in December 2021.

Rawan Nafez Muhammad Abu Matar

Rawan was born in 1994 and has roots in Beitlo village, Ramallah district, on July 15, 2015, the Israeli occupation forces shot her directly without injuring her at the entrance to the town, then the occupation soldiers attacked her, beat her severely and arrested her, and she was transferred to the "Ofer" interrogation center, where she was subjected to severe interrogation before being transferred to Hasharon Prison, then Damon Prison.

The occupation authorities charged Rawan with assaulting a soldier by stabbing and lightly injuring him, and postponed her trial 11 times under the pretext of completing judicial procedures, then sentenced her in 2016 to 9 years in prison and a fine of 4,<> shekels.

The assault on her at the time of arrest resulted in her suffering from several fractures in the neck and back, stomach and nose diseases, and she suffers from a constantly deteriorating health condition due to the prison administration's negligence of her health and the deliberate denial of treatment.

Shorouq Salah Ibrahim Dwayat

Shorouq is a resident of the Jerusalem governorate, specifically from the village of Sur Baher, southeast of Jerusalem, and at the time of her arrest she was studying at Bethlehem University.

When she was arrested on October 2015, <>, Shorouq was on her way to pray at the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque, when a settler tried to remove her hijab and defended herself, then settler bullets rained down on her, hitting her in the chest, shoulder, and neck at close range.

The university student in Bethlehem was only 18 years old at the time, and despite not carrying any weapons, the occupation accused her of trying to stab a settler, and despite her serious injuries, they kept her on the ground for half an hour before taking her to prison and sentencing her to 16 years, and she remained in a hospital bleeding for 4 days before the surgery.

The court charged her with attempted murder by stabbing with a knife and moderate injuries, accompanied by settler testimonies claiming that she had attempted stabbing without the alleged weapon, and despite her health condition following the injuries, she suffered harsh treatment, did not receive proper treatment, and was denied visits to her family.

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Israa Jaabiss

A Jerusalemite prisoner from the village of Jabal al-Mukaber, south of Jerusalem, born in 1986, holds a Jerusalem ID and is married with a child named Mutasim, whose husband holds a Palestinian ID that does not enable him to enter Jerusalem without a special permit. In 2008, Israa applied for reunification with her husband, but her request was rejected several times despite the costs she paid.

On October 11, 2015, while Israa was returning from Jericho to Jerusalem, near al-Za'ayem checkpoint, her car broke down, and Israeli forces opened fire on the car, causing a gas cylinder to explode and a large fire, according to her family's account of the incident.

As a result, Israa suffered first- and third-degree burns that affected 50% to 60% of her body, lost all her fingers, disfigured face, had her ears stuck to her head, and lost her ability to raise her hands as a result of skin adhesions in different areas.

However, the occupation authorities arrested her on charges of attempting to kill an Israeli soldier, sentenced her to 11 years in prison, prevented her from receiving the treatment she needed, deliberately neglected her despite her need for eight surgeries, and the prison administration prevented her from carrying out the painkillers and medicines she needed, and only provided an ointment to cool the burns with a capacity of no more than 20 mm to be dispensed to her every 3 days, which is a small amount that is not enough to cover all the burn areas on Israa's body.

Israa's family, through local and international humanitarian organizations, tried to obtain permission to bring in a doctor to treat their daughter in charge of all expenses, but the Israeli prison administration refused to do so, and activists launched several electronic campaigns and published several hashtags on the X website in an attempt to release her, but all attempts were rejected.

Marah Gouda Bakir

Marah, who is from the Beit Hanina area north of Jerusalem, was arrested on October 12, 2015, on her way out of her school in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, and crossed the street to the opposite side before the occupation rained down 14 bullets on her that hit her hand, and threw her to the ground, and when a young Jerusalemite tried to help her, they also shot him, accusing him of planning with her.

Marah, 16, was arrested on charges of attempting to stab an Israeli soldier who shot her with his pistol, and the occupation refused to operate on her, leaving her suffering from pain in her hand and severe iron deficiency.

The bullets caused her more than 80% nerve damage with her left hand, and she was prevented from entering the operating room on charges of "terrorism", and moved between the prisons of Ramle, Ashkelon, Hasharon and Damon, and her family was not able to see her until 3 months after her arrest, and she was sentenced to 8 and a half years in prison.

Despite her pain and injuries, Marah completed high school in the cell, obtaining an average of 80%, and the authority refused to enroll her in university, provided that there were 5 female prisoners holding master's degrees.

Nourhan Ibrahim Khader Awad

Nourhan grew up in Qalandia camp, and was educated in Kafr Aqab, was arrested in the ninth grade, and moved in several prisons until she ended up in Damon prison, and obtained high school while in captivity with an average of 94% in the literary branch, and continued her education at Al-Quds Open University in history.

The occupation arrested Nourhan on November 23, 2015, after targeting her with three bullets in her back, leg and stomach, while her relative Hadeel Awad, who was with her, was martyred on the day she was in a street in occupied Jerusalem while she was on her way to pray in Jerusalem.

Awad was charged with carrying out a stabbing attack on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem, and the court sentenced her to 13 and a half years in prison, a fine of 30,3 shekels, and received an appeal that reduced her sentence by <> and a half years.

Nourhan continues to suffer severe pain as a result of the bullet in her abdomen, and the occupation refuses to perform any surgery on her, depriving her of her right to treatment.

Shatila Abu Eyada

Shatila was born in 1993 to a Bedouin family living in the town of Kafr Qasim in the 1948 territories, the youngest daughter of a family of 9 brothers and sisters, and she grew up in a conservative family.

Before her arrest, Shatila was a second-year university student majoring in psychology, and her mother says that the occupation forces arrested her while she was returning from the university, on April 2016, <>, and severely beat her before tying her up and transferring her to Jalameh prison for investigation, where her news was cut off and her family was prevented from visiting her for a whole month. She was then transferred to Hasharon Prison.

Shatila was tried for a year before her verdict was pronounced, as she was accused of carrying out a stabbing attack in the Triangle area near Ras al-Ain, and the occupation prosecution filed a list of charges that included attempted murder, learning to install explosive devices via the Internet, and possessing materials for this purpose.

She was sentenced to 16 years in prison and fined 100,<> shekels, and tried to appeal several times, but was rejected by the court.

The occupation prevented her from completing her education after her arrest, and her name was removed from the Ministry of Education.

Amani Alhasheem

Amani Al-Hashim is a Jerusalemite prisoner, mother of two children (Adam and Ahmed), holds a bachelor's degree in political science and diplomatic studies, and completed her master's degree in management and planning from Al-Quds University, in addition to obtaining a diploma in Italian.

She was arrested on 13 December 2016 after being shot while driving her car at Qalandia military checkpoint, north of occupied Jerusalem, while returning to her home in the Beit Hanina neighborhood, when she was subjected to a field interrogation, then transferred to the Russian Compound interrogation center and ended up in Damon prison.

She was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined 5,20 shekels as compensation for a soldier whom the occupation said she ran over at the checkpoint, after more than 70 trial sessions were held for her. Amani was sentenced to solitary confinement for more than <> days, after objecting to the enemy's policy against the prisoners.

Defying the difficult conditions of her detention, Amani experimented with prison literature and published the book "Determination Breeds Hope", thus becoming the first female prisoner to produce a literary work in prisons. Many academic courses were organized for the prisoners.

Aisha Al , Afghani

Aisha Yousef Abdullah al-Afghani was born in 1983 and hails from the Ras al-Amud neighborhood in the town of Silwan, next to the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, during which she managed to obtain a high school diploma.

Known for her love of reading, writing, cooking and making sweets with the simplest materials, she learned tennis in prison, and practiced it with her colleagues in the family arena.

On 24 December 2016, Israeli occupation forces arrested Aisha on Al-Wad Street in the Old City of Jerusalem, charged her with possession of a knife and intent to carry out a stabbing attack, and was transferred for interrogation to the Russian Compound detention center, where she was tortured for more than a month, and then convicted by the Military Prosecution on charges of carrying out a stabbing attack.

The occupation authorities procrastinated her trial and postponed the court sessions 17 times, and detained her for more than 3 years before she was sentenced to 15 years in prison, and she is serving her sentence in Damon prison, suffering from multiple health problems, and the prison administration prevents her from treatment.

Fadwa Hamada

Fadwa Nazih Kamal Hamada was born on the tenth of November 1987, and she is from the town of Sur Baher, south of occupied Jerusalem, studied hotel management and accounting in Ramallah, and the mother of 5 children, the youngest of whom was 4 months old and the oldest reached 8 years old when their mother was arrested.

She was arrested on August 12, 2017 in front of Bab al-Amoud while she was going to her doctor, and the occupation accused her of attempting to carry out a stabbing attack, and her husband was arrested immediately after breaking into their home.

The occupation authorities tried to convince her to confess to the charge against her, then threatened to harm her children and demolish her home, but to no avail. The occupation released her husband while she remained awaiting trial.

Her trial continued to be postponed for 18 months, until she was sentenced to 20 years in prison and a fine of 30,10 shekels, then appealed and reduced to <> years. Her first visit to her children was a year and a half after her arrest, when she was able to see them from behind an insulating glass separating them.

Hamada suffered from difficult detention conditions, as she was placed near criminal prisoners who deliberately knock on walls and scream all night in order to deprive her of rest and sleep, and was subjected to solitary confinement twice, the first in Jalameh prison for 73 consecutive days, and the second lasted 105 days, and she lived difficult conditions in Damon prison, especially on cold days.

Fadwa confronted an Israeli jailer who tried to insult one of her fellow prisoners, which led to her isolation with the freed prisoner Jihan Hashima for more than 70 days, in addition to more penalties, including handcuffing her hands and feet during the visit, which led to her stumbling and breaking her foot.

Source: Palestinian Press + Websites