RAMALLAH, August 3, 2025 (WAFA) – Palestinians across the occupied West Bank held mass rallies and demonstrations on Sunday to mark the national and global day of solidarity with Gaza and Palestinian prisoners. Events were also held in the diaspora as part of a united call to end the genocide, forced starvation, settler-colonialism, and displacement policies imposed by Israel.

Protesters raised Palestinian flags and signs denouncing the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza, calling for international intervention to stop the attacks and free thousands of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.

According to Palestinian prisoner advocacy groups, more than 10,800 Palestinians are currently imprisoned by Israel, including 49 women and over 450 children. Of these, around 3,629 are held under administrative detention without charge or trial, and 2,454 are classified by Israeli authorities as "unlawful combatants."

Since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, at least 75 Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli custody, including 46 detainees from Gaza. Dozens more, also believed to be from Gaza, have died in prisons and detention camps, but Israel has withheld their identities and the circumstances of their deaths, leaving them under enforced disappearance. Dozens of others were reportedly executed extrajudicially.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 60,430 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 148,722 others injured.

Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

Israel's genocidal attacks continue unabated despite calls from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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