According to the Palestinian Prisoners Centre for Studies, there was a 30 per cent increase in the number of children arrested when compared to the same period in 2017, where Israel arrested 380 children.

The statistic showed that the Israeli occupation arrested 120 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, most of them fishermen who were arrested while at sea, traders, patients or patients’ companions, who were arrested at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing.

Meanwhile, the group revealed that four Palestinian prisoners died in Israeli jails since the start of the year.

During the same period, occupation forces issued 505 administrative detention orders, including 199 new and 306 renewed orders.

According to rights groups, there are about 6,500 Palestinian prisoners inside Israeli jails, including 54 females, 350 children, 430 under administrative detention and 1,800 patients.

An official report has revealed that 83 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, including ten children, during the past month.

the report confirmed the killing of 79 citizens, including nine children, while 6,309 citizens suffered various degrees of injuries, 54 of whom were critically injured, bringing the number killed during the Return Marches to 129 and 13,306 injured, including 330 serious injuries.