RAMALLAH, April 9, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli authorities have placed Palestinian detainee Nabil Mohammad Bani Nemra, 39, from Salfit, under four months of administrative detention, without charges or trial, on the same day he was scheduled to be released after serving 12 years in prison.

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said his family received the decision with shock, as they had been awaiting his release after many years of imprisonment. The two institutions said the move reflects policies of repression and retaliation practiced by Israeli authorities against detainees and their families.

They noted that Bani Nemra had previously spent three years in prison before his latest detention, bringing his total years of imprisonment to 15.

In a joint statement issued on Thursday, the two organizations said the decision represents one of the forms of psychological pressure and punishment associated with Israel’s administrative detention policy, under which Palestinians can be held without charge or trial based on a “secret file.”

They added that while administrative detention is not a new policy, its use has escalated significantly since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, with Israeli prisons becoming sites of systematic mistreatment against detainees, including women and children.

According to the two institutions, the number of Palestinians held under administrative detention has reached more than 3,500 detainees as of April, including women and minors, representing the largest proportion of prisoners in Israeli jails, with about 50% held without formal charges. 

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