At the end of June 2020, at least 357 Palestinians - including two minors and at least one woman - were held in administrative detention in Israel Prison Service (IPS) facilities.

Due to IPS policy as of May 2020 not to provide B'Tselem with figures under 5, the overall number of detainees and prisoners, as provided B'Tselem, may not match the sum total of detainees and prisoners in the various categories.

B'Tselem petitioned the Central District Court to revoke this policy.

According to the IDF Spokesperson, on occasion, the military also holds in custody a handful of administrative detainees for several days, until room becomes available in IPS facilities.

The following tables show the number of Palestinians held by Israel in administrative detention on specific dates from 2001 to 2020, one date given per month. The data were provided by the military and the IPS. We do not have figures on the overall number of Palestinians held in Israel in administrative detention during this period.

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Administrative detainees by duration in custody

* The diagrams above show the number of administrative detainees on a given day in December of each year, according to figures we received for that day, as detailed in the tables below. We do not have figures available for the overall number of administrative detainees in a given month.

Administrative detainees by month, 2020

Month IDF IPS Date of Statistics Total Minors aged 14 to 16 Minors aged 16 to 18 June * 357 0 2 30 June May * 352 0 2 31 May April * 372 0 1 30 April March 2 424 0 2 31 March Feb. 0 429 0 3 29 Feb. Jan. 0 431 0 3 31 Jan.

Administrative detainees by month, 2019

Month IDF IPS Date of Statistics Total Minors aged 14 to 16 Minors aged 16 to 18 Dec. 0 464 0 4 31 Dec. Nov. 0 458 0 1 30 Nov. Oct. * 460 0 3 31 Oct. Sept. 0 437 0 3 30 Sept. August 0 413 0 1 31 Aug. July 0 454 0 0 31 July June 0 433 0 0 30 June May 0 486 0 0 31 May April 0 479 0 2 30 April March 0 486 0 2 31 March Feb. 0 495 0 2 28 Feb. Jan. 0 491 0 2 31 Jan.

Administrative detainees by month, 2018

Month IDF IPS Date of Statistics Total Minors aged 14 to 16 Minors aged 16 to 18 Dec. 0 494 0 2 31 Dec. Nov. 0 469 0 3 30 Nov. Oct. 0 481 0 4 31 Oct. Sept. 0 481 0 4 30 Sept. Aug. 0 465 0 3 31 Aug. July 0 462 0 4 31 July June 2 446 0 3 30 June May 0 440 0 3 31 May April 0 424 0 3 30 April March 0 431 0 3 31 March Feb. 0 427 0 4 28 Feb. Jan 0 445 0 3 31 Jan.

* One Palestinian resident of the Gaza Strip was held by the IPS under the Illegal Combatants Law from Aug. 2014 to April 2018, although he did not always appear in the IPS data.

Administrative detainees by month, 2017

Month IDF IPS Date of Statistics Total Minors aged 14 to 16 Minors aged 16 to 18 Dec. 0 437 0 2 31 Dec. Nov. 0 425 0 2 30 Nov. Oct. 0 449 0 2 31 Oct. Sept. 0 453 0 2 30 Sept. Aug. 0 436 0 1 31 Aug. July 1 459 0 1 31 July June 0 444 0 2 30 June May 0 475 0 2 31 May April 0 486 0 2 30 April March 0 492 0 1 31 March Feb. 0 514 0 0 28 Feb. Jan 0 531 0 0 31 Jan.

* One Palestinian resident of the Gaza Strip was held by the IPS under the Illegal Combatants Law from Aug. 2014 to April 2018, although he did not always appear in the IPS data.

Administrative detainees by month, 2016

Month IDF IPS Date of Statistics Total Minors aged 14 to 16 Minors aged 16 to 18 Dec. 0 535 0 1 31. Dec. Nov. 1 576 0 4 30 Nov. Oct. 1 598 0 5 31 Oct. Sept. 6 608 0 7 30 Sept. Aug. 2 644 0 10 31 Aug. July 0 642 0 8 31 July June 1 685 0 7 30 June May 5 678 0 10 31 May April 2 692 0 13 30 April March 35 688 0 11 31 March Feb. 33 627 1 6 29 Feb. Jan 11 568 0 2 31 Jan.

* One Palestinian resident of the Gaza Strip was held by the IPS under the Illegal Combatants Law from Aug. 2014 to April 2018, although he did not always appear in the IPS data.

Administrative detainees by month, 2015

Month IDF IPS Date of Statistics Total Minors aged 14 to 16 Minors aged 16 to 18 Dec. 17 584 0 6 IDF & IPS: Dec. 31 Nov. 25 527 0 5 IDF & IPS: Nov. 30 Oct. 24 429 0 4 IDF & IPS: Oct. 31 Sept. 6 315 0 0 IDF & IPS: Sept. 30 Aug. 1 341 0 0 IDF & IPS: August 31 July 0 342 0 0 IDF & IPS: July 31 June 2 370 0 0 IDF & IPS: June 30 May 1 391 0 0 IDF & IPS: May 31 April 4 396 0 0 IDF & IPS: April 30 March 3 412 0 0 IDF & IPS: March 31 Feb. 1 424 0 0 IDF & IPS: Feb. 28 Jan 4 455 0 0 IDF & IPS: Jan. 31

* One Palestinian resident of the Gaza Strip was held by the IPS under the Illegal Combatants Law from Aug. 2014 to April 2018, although he did not always appear in the IPS data.

Administrative detainees by month, 2014

Month IDF IPS Date of Statistics Dec. 9 463 IDF & IPS: Dec. 31 Nov. 7 461 IDF & IPS: Nov. 30 Oct. 5 457 IDF & IPS: Oct. 31 Sept. 9 468 IDF & IPS: Sept 30 August * 473 IPS: August 30 July * 446 IPS: July 31 June * 363 IPS: June 30 May * 196 IPS: May 31 April * 191 IPS: April 30 March * 186 IPS: March 31 Feb. * 181 IPS: Feb. 28 Jan. * 175 IPS: January 31

* One Palestinian resident of the Gaza Strip was held by the IPS under the Illegal Combatants Law from Aug. 2014 to April 2018, although he did not always appear in the IPS data.

Administrative detainees by month, 2013

Month IDF IPS Date of Statistics Dec. * 150 IPS: Dec. 31 Nov. * 143 IPS: Nov. 30 Oct. * 140 IPS: Oct. 31 Sept. * 135 IPS: Sept. 30 August * 134 IPS: August 31 July * 134 IPS: July 31 June * 137 IPS: June 30 May * 147 IPS: May 31 April * 155 IPS: April 30 March * 164 IPS: March 31 Feb. * 169 IPS: February 28 Jan. * 159 IPS: January 31

Administrative detainees by month, 2012

Month IDF IPS Date of Statistics Dec. * 178 IPS: Dec. 31 Nov. * 178 IPS: Nov. 30 Oct. * 156 IPS: Oct. 31 Sept. * 184 IPS: Sept. 30 Aug. * 212 IPS: Aug. 31 July * 250 IPS: July 31 June * 285 IPS: June 30 May * 302 IPS: May 31 April * 308 IPS: April 30 March * 320 IPS: March 31 Feb. * 320 IPS: Feb. 29 Jan. * 309 IPS: January 31

Administrative detainees by month, 2011

Month IDF IPS Date of Statistics Dec. * 307 IPS: Dec. 31 Nov. * 283 IPS: Nov. 30 Oct. * 278 IPS: Oct. 31 Sept. * 286 IPS: Sept. 30 Aug. * 272 IPS: Aug. 31 July * 243 IPS: July 31 June * 242 IPS: June 30 May * 228 IPS: May 31 April * 219 IPS: April 30 March * 217 IPS: March 27 Feb. * 214 IPS: February 28 Jan. * 219 IPS: January 31

Administrative detainees by month, 2010

Month IDF IPS Date of Statistics Dec. * 204 IPS: Dec. 31 Nov. * 205 IPS: Nov. 30 Oct. * 213 IPS: Oct. 31 Sept. * 212 IPS: Sept. 30 August * 189 IPS: August 31 July * 199 IPS: July 31 June * 203 IPS: June 30 May * 213 IPS: May 31 April * 222 IPS: April 30 March * 237 IPS: March 31 Feb. * 259 IPS: February 28 Jan. * 264 IPS: January 31

Administrative detainees by month, 2009

Month IDF IPS Date of Statistics Dec. * 278 IPS: Dec. 31 Nov. * 291 IPS: Nov. 30 Oct. * 322 IPS: Oct. 31 Sept. * 335 IPS: Sept. 30 August * 363 IPS: August 31 July * 387 IPS: July 31 June 428 IDF: June 28, IPS: June 30 May * 449 IPS: May 31 April * 487 IPS: April 30 March * 506 IPS: March 31 Feb. 542 IDF: February 26 Jan. 564 IDF: Janaury 28, IPS: February 28 IPS: February 3

Administrative detainees by duration of detention, 2009

Duration No. of detainees As of 21 As of 31 Oct.'09 As of 30 Nov. '09 Jan. '09 Under six months 176 73 69 Six months to one year 154 117 103 One year to 1 ½ years 120 59 52 1 ½ years to two years 56 42 41 Two years to 2 ½ years 19 20 18 2 ½ years to three years 18 8 6 Three years to 3 ½ years 2 3 ½ years to four years 2 1 Four years to 4 ½ years 1 Over 4 ½ years 2 1 1 Total 548 322 291

Administrative detainees by month ,2001-2008

2008

Month IDF IPS Date of Statistics Dec. 0 546 IDF: Dec. 28

IPS: Dec. 31 Nov. 0 569 IDF: Nov. 30

IPS: Nov. 30 Oct. 0 578 IDF: Oct. 29

IPS: Oct. 31 Sept. 1 598 IDF: Sept. 29

IPS: Sept. 30 August 2 649 IDF: August. 29

IPS: August 31 July * 691 IPS: July 31 June 0 730 IDF: June 30

IPS: June 30 May 0 761 IPS: May 29

IPS: May 31 April * 790 IPS: April 30 March 0 776 IDF:March 30

IPS:March 31 Feb. 0 788 IDF:February 29

IPS: February 28 Jan. 1 813 IDF: January 31

IPS: January 31

2007

Month IDF IPS Date of Statistics Dec. * 842 IPS: Dec. 31 Nov. 9 858 IDF: Nov. 26

IPS: Nov. 30 Oct. 14 842 IDF: Oct. 28

IPS: Oct. 30 Sept. 1 836 IDF: Sept. 24

IPS: Sept. 29 Aug. 0 818 IDF: Aug. 12

IPS: Aug. 28 July 3 * IDF: July 18 June * 831 IPS: June 6 May 0 * IDF: May 13 April 0 809 IDF: April 10

IPS: April 1 March 3 780 IDF: March 4

IPS: March 5 Jan. 6 801 IDF: January 3

IPS: January 25

2006

Month IDF IPS Date of Statistics Dec. 1 782 IDF: Dec. 3

IPS: 23 Dec. Nov. 2 736 IDF: 1 Nov.

IPS: 23 Nov. Oct. 9 694

IPS: 22 Oct. IDF: 5 Oct.IPS: 22 Oct. Sept. 116 592

IPS: 11 Sept. IDF: 3 Sept.IPS: 11 Sept. July 105 645 IDF: 18 July

IPS: 25 July Jan. 741 53

IPS: January 1 IDF: January 3IPS: January 1

2005

Month IDF IPS Date of Statistics Dec.. * 47 IPS: Dec. 1 Nov. * 42 IPS: Nov. 1 Oct. * 36 IPS: Oct. 1 Sept. * 24 IPS: Sept. 1 Aug. 596 * IDF: August 1 July 604 * IDF: July 1 May 647 * IDF: May 1 April 704 * IDF: April 6 Jan. 848 22 IDF: January 6

IPS: January 3

Note: Since February 2005, the Prisons Service has refused to provide B'Tselem with figures on detainees and prisoners on a regular, free of charge basis, as it did previously. Since then B'Tselem had to request the information monthly, under the Law on Freedom of information.

2004

Month IDF IPS Date of Statistics Dec. 836 27 IDF: December 5

IPS: December 6 Nov. 831 27 IDF: November 1

IPS: November 2 Oct. * 23 IPS: October 13 Sept. 760 21 IDF: September 2

IPS: September 2 Aug. 731 20 IDF: August 1

IPS: August 8 July 737 23 IDF: July 7

IPS: July 7 June 723 24 IDF: June 24

IPS: June 13 May 670 33 IDF: May 5

IPS: May 4 April 618 26 IDF: April 4

IPS: April 4 March 605 25 IDF: March 9

IPS: March 2 Feb. 606 22 IDF: February 1

IPS: February 3 Jan. 638 19 IDF: January 4

IPS: January 6

2003

Month IDF IPS Date of Statistics Dec. 631 18 IDF: December 1

IPS: December 3 Nov. 659 20 IDF: November 6

IPS: November 4 Oct. 539 14 IDF: October 1

IPS: October 1 Sept. 515 13 IDF: September 4

IPS: September 4 Aug. 687 13 IDF: August 3

IPS: August 6 July 763 22 IDF: July 3

IPS: July 1 June 932 20 IDF: June 2

IPS: June 4 May 1,088 19 IDF: May 1

IPS: May 15 April 1,119 21 IDF: April 3

IPS: April 4 March 1,108 19 IDF: March 2

IPS: March 4 Feb. 1,088 19 IDF: February 5

IPS: February 2 Jan. 1,007 * IDF: January 1

IPS: *

2002

Month IDF IPS Date of Statistics Dec. 949 11 IDF: December 3

IPS: December 11 Nov. 927 9 IDF: November 4

IPS: November 3 Oct. 871 7 IDF: October 1

IPS: October 3 Sept. 857 10 IDF: September 2

IPS: September 3 Aug. 808 5 IDF: August 8

IPS: August 5 July 938 5 IDF: July 15

IPS: July 7 June 929 * IDF: June 3

IPS: * May 681 * IDF: May 12

IPS: * April 111 * IDF: April 15

IPS: * March 40 4 IDF: March 11

IPS: March 7 Feb. * * IDF: *

IPS: * Jan. 36 * IDF: January 24

IPS: *

2001

Month IDF IPS Date of Statistics December 34 - IDF: December 5

IPS: December 4 November 31 * IDF: November 5

IPS: * October 26 1 IDF: October 24

IPS: October 5 September * * IDF: *

IPS: * August 16 1 IDF: August 16

IPS: August 5 July 9 1 IDF: July 9

IPS: July 11 June 12 1 IDF: June 14

IPS: June 10 May 11 1 IDF: May 8

IPS: May 8 April 11 1 IDF: April 11

IPS: April 4 March 14 1 IDF: March 15

IPS: March 5 February 16 - IDF: February 15

IPS: February 8 January 16 - IDF: January 4

IPS: January 3

From the beginning of the intifada (December 9, 1987) until today, thousands of Palestinians have been held in administrative detention for periods ranging from six months to several years.

The following table details the number of Palestinian residents of the Occupied Territories who were held by Israel in administrative detention on particular dates since November 1989. B'Tselem does not have summary statistics on the total number of Palestinians held in administrative detention during each year .

Administrative detainees by year, 1989-2004

Year Date Number of Administrative Detainees 1989 November 5 1,794 1990 * * 1991 December 30 348 1992 December 30 510 1993 December 1 125 1994 August 3 163 1995 December 27 224 1996 December 25 267 1997 December 31 354 1998 December 26 82 1999 December 23 18 2000 December 13 12 2001 December 5 34 2002 December 8 960 2003 January 1 1,007 2004 January 4 638