The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said that the Palestinian detainee Jihad Jarrar, from the village of Hashemiya in Jenin, completed today 20 years in Israeli jails, during which he was subjected to the Israeli arbitrary punishment policies, including being deprived of family visits for some time.

Jarrar, who is serving a 24-year sentence, was arrested on July 10, 2001, for his activism in the resistance to the Israeli occupation.

According to the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission, the are about 4,400 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention, including 39 women, 140 minors, 600 sick prisoners, and 350 administrative detainees. A total of 570 prisoners are serving various life terms.