RAMALLAH, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has called on the Israeli occupation authority to immediately release three pregnant Palestinian women, affirming they are among 93 female detainees currently held under harsh and tragic conditions inside Damon jail.
According to a statement released by PPS on Monday, 37-year-old Amina at-Tawil from Qalqilya, a mother of four and the wife of a liberated prisoner who previously spent 19 years in Israeli jails, has been in detention since March 18, 2026, on alleged incitement charges, despite being four months pregnant.
The second prisoner is 35-year-old Dana Jawdeh from Nablus, a mother of one child and currently in her fifth month of pregnancy. She was kidnaped on April 18, 2026 before being placed under administrative detention for a period of six months.
The third prisoner, 28‑year‑old Manar Ibrahim from Ramallah, is a mother of two and four months pregnant. She has been detained since April 30, 2026, on charges of incitement on social media.
PPS said it received testimonies from female ex-detainees and lawyers confirming a surge in systematic punitive and abusive measures against female prisoners in Damon jail in recent months, including assaults and humiliating searches.
PPS added that pregnant prisoners face the same punitive conditions as other detainees, including torture, abuse, and starvation, alongside harsh interrogations and severe medical neglect that ignores their basic health needs.
PPS stressed that the continued detention of pregnant women under such conditions constitutes a blatant violation of international humanitarian and human rights laws.
PPS appealed to human rights and international bodies, especially the UN and the Red Cross, to urgently intervene to secure the release of these pregnant female prisoners and provide them with international protection.
