Statistics on Palestinians in Israeli custody
▻https://www.btselem.org/statistics/detainees_and_prisoners
At the end of June 2024, the Israel Prison Service (IPS) was holding 9,440 Palestinians in detention or in prison on what it defined “security” grounds, including 1,761 from the Gaza Strip. At that time, the IPS was also holding 1,526 Palestinians, 11 of them from the Gaza Strip, for being in Israel illegally.
At the end of 2020, the IPS adopted a new policy and stopped providing B’Tselem with the requested figures. Instead, it has since published some data on the IPS website every three months. The first year this occurred (July 2020 through September 2021), the figures published were partial and therefore are not included here.
In addition, at times, some Palestinians are briefly held in military facilities. The figures from the military are received with a significant time delay and offer no details regarding inmates’ legal standing.
The following figures were provided or published by the military and the IPS, so responsibility for their accuracy lies with them.