Palestinian Prisoners’ Media: Israel arrested over 600 minors in 2025

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office reported that it documented more than 600 cases of minors being arrested by the Israeli enemy during 2025, including a child who died in prison as a result of starvation tactics.

In a statement issued Thursday and received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), the office said that the enemy targets children with arrests, harsh interrogations, and harsh sentences with the aim of destroying their future, distorting their consciousness, and spreading fear in society.

The statement continued, “Since 1967, 55,000 cases of child arrests have been recorded, and the number has risen to approximately 1,700 children since October 7, 2023, with an unprecedented escalation in torture.”

The office pointed out that the enemy committed “grave violations during arrests, including the arrest of children under 10 years old, shooting and causing injuries without medical treatment, interrogations inside hospitals, and transferring the wounded to interrogation centers before they had recovered.” He added that “350 children remain in prisons, including 155 convicted and 90 administrative detainees held without charge, distributed between Ofer and Megiddo prisons.”

The office confirmed that the detained children are subjected to inhumane conditions, including torture, denial of education and family visits, medical neglect, overcrowding, lack of food and hygiene, and the spread of scabiei, especially in winter, due to the lack of heating and adequate clothing.