Israeli forces have detained seven more Palestinian women in the past 48 hours, including a university student, bringing the total number of female detainees to 47, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Club. Most of the arrests were reportedly made under accusations of “incitement” on social media, part of what rights groups describe as a growing campaign to criminalise Palestinian expression.

The organisation warns that these arrests are increasingly used as a form of administrative detention, targeting women with no charges, no trial, and often no release date. Among the detainees are two girls under the age of 18, two pregnant women in their sixth month, and several held solely for political posts. Ten of the women are being held without charge under administrative detention orders.

Most are held in Israel’s Damon Prison, far from their families and legal support. Two women have been imprisoned since before October 7, with Israeli authorities continuing to reject their release. The Prisoners Club states that over 560 Palestinian women have been arrested since the beginning of the current war, including women from the West Bank, Jerusalem, and Palestinian communities inside the 1948 territories. The number of detainees from Gaza remains unknown.

Beyond imprisonment, the statement details deeply troubling practices: women taken hostage to coerce male relatives into surrender, and minors held under brutal conditions. As the occupation expands its machinery of control, Palestinian women are increasingly caught in its grip, not just as relatives of resistance figures, but as targets in their own right. Their voices are being silenced, their lives disrupted, and their presence criminalised.