Statistics on Palestinian minors in the custody of Israeli security forces

At the end of December 2019, at least 186 Palestinian minors were held in Israeli prisons as security detainees and prisoners, of whom at least 4 were held in administrative detention. Another 5 Palestinian minors were held in Israel Prison Service facilities for being in Israel illegally. The IPS considers these minors – both detainees and prisoners – criminal offenders.

In addition, a small number of minors are held in IDF-run facilities for short periods of time.

The following figures were provided by the Israeli military and the IPS.

* The diagram represents the number of Palestinian minors in custody on a given day, 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 minors in custody in a given month.

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For further information please contact Eyal Sagiv by e-mail at: saeyal@btselem.org.

Year 2019

Month	Detained by	Date of statistics	Age	Detainees	Detained until end of legal process	Sentence	Admin. detainees	Total
Dec.	IPS	31 Dec.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	6	14	6	0	26
			16-18	70	37	49	4	160
			Total	76	51	55	4	186
	IDF		Under 14	*	*	*	*	*
			14-16	*	*	*	*	*
			16-18	*	*	*	*	*
			Total	*	*	*	*	*
Nov.	IPS	30 Nov.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	3	8	7	0	18
			16-18	19	99	44	2	164
			Total	22	107	51	2	182
	IDF		Under 14	*	*	*	*	*
			14-16	*	*	*	*	*
			16-18	*	*	*	*	*
			Total	*	*	*	*	*
Oct.	IPS	31 Oct.	Under 14	0	0	1	0	1
			14-16	9	10	5	0	24
			16-18	18	98	41	3	160
			Total	27	108	47	3	185
	IDF		Under 14	*	*	*	*	*
			14-16	*	*	*	*	*
			16-18	*	*	*	*	*
			Total	*	*	*	*	*
Sept.	IPS	30 Sept.	Under 14	2	0	1	0	3
			14-16	8	12	4	0	24
			16-18	27	91	40	3	161
			Total	37	103	45	3	188
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	7	0	0	0	7
			16-18	15	0	0	0	15
			Total	22	0	0	0	22
August	IPS	31 Aug.	Under 14	1	0	1	0	2
			14-16	4	14	2	0	20
			16-18	11	101	50	1	163
			Total	16	115	53	1	185
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	2	0	0	0	2
			16-18	8	0	0	0	8
			Total	10	0	0	0	10
July	IPS	31 July	Under 14	0	0	1	0	1
			14-16	4	13	10	0	27
			16-18	18	109	55	0	182
			Total	22	122	66	0	210
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	5	0	0	0	5
			16-18	8	0	0	0	8
			Total	13	0	0	0	13
June	IPS	30 June	Under 14	1	0	1	0	2
			14-16	6	14	4	0	24
			16-18	22	115	47	0	184
			Total	29	129	52	0	210
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	4	0	0	0	4
			16-18	10	0	0	0	10
			Total	14	0	0	0	14
May	IPS	31 May	Under 14	0	0	1	0	1
			14-16	10	13	7	0	30
			16-18	33	102	35	0	170
			Total	43	115	43	0	201
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	6	0	0	0	6
			16-18	12	0	0	0	12
			Total	18	0	0	0	18
April	IPS	30 April	Under 14	0	0	1	0	1
			14-16	6	17	7	0	30
			16-18	15	112	45	2	174
			Total	21	129	53	2	205
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	4	0	0	0	4
			16-18	16	0	0	0	16
			Total	20	0	0	0	20
March	IPS	31 March	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	4	18	8	0	30
			16-18	27	99	57	2	185
			Total	31	117	65	2	215
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	5	0	0	0	5
			16-18	18	0	0	0	18
			Total	23	0	0	0	23
Feb.	IPS	28 Feb.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	3	19	10	0	32
			16-18	22	88	61	2	173
			Total	25	107	71	2	205
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	5	0	0	0	5
			16-18	14	0	0	0	14
			Total	19	0	0	0	19
Jan.	IPS	31 Jan.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	7	25	14	0	46
			16-18	14	83	64	2	163
			Total	21	108	78	2	209
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	17	0	0	0	17
			16-18	20	0	0	0	20
			Total	37	0	0	0	37

Palestinian minors held in IPS and IDF facilities for being in Israel illegally

Month	Date of statistics	Detained by	Detainees	Sentence	Total
Dec.	31 Dec.	IPS	4	1	5
Dec.	31 Dec.	IDF	*	*	*
Nov.	31 Nov.	IPS	3	0	3
Nov.	31 Nov.	IDF	*	*	*
Oct.	31 Oct.	IPS	4	1	5
Oct.	31 Oct.	IDF	*	*	*
Sept.	30 Sept.	IPS	1	1	2
Sept.	30 Sept.	IDF	0	0	0
August	31 August	IPS	2	0	2
August	31 August	IDF	0	0	0
July	31 July	IPS	2	2	4
July	31 July	IDF	0	0	0
June	30 June	IPS	1	3	4
June	30 June	IDF	0	0	0
May	31 May	IPS	5	0	5
May	31 May	IDF	0	0	0
April	30 April	IPS	2	2	4
April	30 April	IDF	0	0	0
March	31 March	IPS	1	2	3
March	31 March	IDF	0	0	0
Feb.	28 Feb.	IPS	2	2	4
Feb.	28 Feb.	IDF	1	0	1
Jan.	31 Jan.	IPS	3	2	5
Jan.	31 Jan.	IDF	1	0	1

Year 2018

Palestinian minors held in IPS and IDF facilities as security detainees and prisoners

Month	Detained by	Date of statistics	Age	Detainees	Detained until end of legal process	Sentence	Admin. detainees	Total
Dec.	IPS	31 Dec.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	10	21	12	0	43
			16-18	11	72	75	2	160
			Total	21	93	87	2	203
	IDF		Under 14	1	0	0	0	1
			14-16	16	0	0	0	16
			16-18	10	0	0	0	10
			Total	27	0	0	0	27
Nov.	IPS	30 Nov.	Under 14	1	0	0	0	1
			14-16	11	20	17	0	48
			16-18	19	76	70	3	168
			Total	31	96	87	3	217
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	14	0	0	0	14
			16-18	12	0	0	0	12
			Total	26	0	0	0	26
Oct.	IPS	31 Oct.	Under 14	1	0	0	0	1
			14-16	11	20	10	0	41
			16-18	19	84	71	4	178
			Total	31	104	81	4	220
	IDF		Under 14	2	0	0	0	2
			14-16	16	0	0	0	16
			16-18	9	0	0	0	9
			Total	27	0	0	0	27
Sept.	IPS	30 Sept.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	12	26	3	0	41
			16-18	19	92	74	4	189
			Total	31	118	77	4	230
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	10	0	0	0	10
			16-18	10	0	0	0	10
			Total	20	0	0	0	20
August	IPS	31 Aug.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	5	22	8	0	35
			16-18	23	89	89	3	204
			Total	28	111	97	3	239
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	5	0	0	0	5
			16-18	11	0	0	0	11
			Total	16	0	0	0	16
July	IPS	31 July	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	7	17	20	0	44
			16-18	11	104	88	4	207
			Total	18	121	108	4	251
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	4	0	0	0	4
			16-18	9	0	0	0	9
			Total	13	0	0	0	13
June	IPS	30 June	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	5	28	17	0	50
			16-18	14	137	69	3	223
			Total	19	165	86	3	273
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	3	0	0	0	3
			16-18	7	0	0	0	7
			Total	10	0	0	0	10
May	IPS	31 May	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	4	32	13	0	49
			16-18	10	158	71	3	242
			Total	14	190	84	3	291
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	5	0	0	0	5
			16-18	7	0	0	0	7
			Total	12	0	0	0	12
April	IPS	31 April	Under 14	1	1	0	0	2
			14-16	7	38	14	0	59
			16-18	32	155	64	3	254
			Total	4	194	78	3	315
	IDF		Under 14	1	0	0	0	1
			14-16	6	0	0	0	6
			16-18	12	0	0	0	12
			Total	19	0	0	0	19
March	IPS	31 March	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	8	35	20	0	63
			16-18	19	143	76	3	241
			Total	27	178	96	3	304
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	5	0	0	0	5
			16-18	11	0	0	0	11
			Total	16	0	0	0	16
Feb.	IPS	28 Feb.	Under 14	1	0	0	0	1
			14-16	21	50	19	0	90
			16-18	30	155	76	4	265
			Total	52	205	95	4	356
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	13	0	0	0	13
			16-18	17	0	0	0	17
			Total	30	0	0	0	30
Jan.	IPS	31 Jan.	Under 14	0	0	1	0	1
			14-16	15	47	15	0	77
			16-18	30	155	85	3	273
			Total	45	202	101	3	351
	IDF		Under 14	1	0	0	0	1
			14-16	5	0	0	0	5
			16-18	16	0	0	0	16
			Total	22	0	0	0	22

Palestinian minors held in IPS and IDF facilities for being in Israel illegally

Month	Date of statistics	Detained by	Detainees	Sentence	Total
Dec.	31 Dec.	IPS	1	1	2
Dec.	31 Dec.	IDF	0	0	0
Nov.	30 Nov.	IPS	2	0	2
Nov.	30 Nov.	IDF	0	0	0
Oct.	31 Oct.	IPS	1	1	2
Oct.	31 Oct.	IDF	0	0	0
Sept.	30 Sept.	IPS	2	3	5
Sept.	30 Sept.	IDF	0	0	0
Aug.	31 Aug.	IPS	5	4	9
Aug.	31 Aug.	IDF	0	0	0
July	31 July	IPS	6	3	9
July	31 July	IDF	0	0	0
June	30 June	IPS	1	1	2
June	30 June	IDF	0	0	0
May	31 May	IPS	2	4	6
May	31 May	IDF	0	0	0
April	30 April	IPS	3	3	6
April	30 April	IDF	0	0	0
March	31 March	IPS	1	3	4
March	31 March	IDF	1	0	1
Feb.	28 Feb.	IPS	3	2	5
Feb.	28 Feb.	IDF	0	0	0
Jan.	31 Jan.	IPS	1	5	6
Jan.	31 Jan.	IDF	1	0	1

Year 2017

Palestinian minors held in IPS and IDF facilities as security detainees and prisoners

Month	Detained by	Date of statistics	Age	Detainees	Detained until end of legal process	Sentence	Admin. detainees	Total
Dec.	IPS	31 Dec.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	19	44	15	0	78
			16-18	32	153	87	2	274
			Total	51	197	102	2	352
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	14	0	0	0	14
			16-18	27	0	0	0	27
			Total	41	0	0	0	41
Nov.	IPS	30 Nov.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	8	36	17	0	61
			16-18	17	145	88	2	252
			Total	25	181	105	2	313
	IDF		Under 14	1	0	0	0	1
			14-16	1	0	0	0	1
			16-18	16	0	0	0	16
			Total	18	0	0	0	18
Oct.	IPS	31 Oct.	Under 14	1	0	0	0	1
			14-16	9	42	8	0	59
			16-18	26	152	78	2	258
			Total	36	194	86	2	318
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	5	0	0	0	5
			16-18	15	0	0	0	15
			Total	20	0	0	0	20
Sept.	IPS	30 Sept.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	11	36	8	0	55
			16-18	30	153	85	2	270
			Total	41	189	93	2	325
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	6	0	0	0	6
			16-18	12	0	0	0	12
			Total	18	0	0	0	18
August	IPS	31 Aug.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	10	31	7	0	48
			16-18	33	154	61	1	249
			Total	43	185	68	1	297
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	8	0	0	0	8
			16-18	23	0	0	0	23
			Total	31	0	0	0	31
July	IPS	31 July	Under 14	1	0	0	0	1
			14-16	14	31	6	0	51
			16-18	33	139	79	1	252
			Total	48	170	85	1	304
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	10	0	0	0	10
			16-18	27	0	0	0	27
			Total	37	0	0	0	37
June	IPS	30 June	Under 14	1	0	0	0	1
			14-16	17	34	8	0	59
			16-18	26	161	69	2	258
			Total	44	195	77	2	318
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	4	0	0	0	4
			16-18	13	0	0	0	13
			Total	17	0	0	0	17
May	IPS	31 May	Under 14	1	1	1	0	3
			14-16	20	33	18	0	71
			16-18	43	147	65	2	257
			Total	64	181	84	2	331
	IDF		Under 14	2	0	0	0	2
			14-16	8	0	0	0	8
			16-18	28	0	0	0	28
			Total	38	0	0	0	38
April	IPS	30 April	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	12	31	20	0	63
			16-18	34	133	71	2	240
			Total	46	164	91	2	303
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	7	0	0	0	7
			16-18	21	0	0	0	21
			Total	28	0	0	0	28
March	IPS	31 March	Under 14	1	0	1	0	2
			14-16	5	27	25	0	57
			16-18	18	129	82	1	230
			Total	24	156	108	1	289
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	4	0	0	0	4
			16-18	15	0	0	0	15
			Total	19	0	0	0	19
Feb.	IPS	28 Feb.	Under 14	3	0	2	0	5
			14-16	8	30	23	0	61
			16-18	30	116	85	0	231
			Total	41	146	110	0	297
	IDF		Under 14	2	0	0	0	2
			14-16	6	0	0	0	6
			16-18	29	0	0	0	29
			Total	37	0	0	0	37
Jan.	IPS	31 Jan.	Under 14	0	0	2	0	2
			14-16	10	35	23	0	68
			16-18	26	129	76	0	231
			Total	36	164	101	0	301
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	18	0	0	0	18
			16-18	27	0	0	0	27
			Total	45	0	0	0	45

Palestinian minors held in IPS and IDF facilities for being in Israel illegally

Month	Date of statistics	Detained by	Detainees	Sentence	Total
Dec.	31 Dec.	IPS	2	4	6
Dec.	31 Dec.	IDF	0	0	0
Nov.	30 Nov.	IPS	2	7	9
Nov.	30 Nov.	IDF	0	0	0
Oct.	31 Oct.	IPS	1	6	7
Oct.	31 Oct.	IDF	0	0	0
Sept.	30 Sept.	IPS	5	3	8
Sept.	30 Sept.	IDF	0	0	0
Aug.	31 Aug.	IPS	3	3	6
Aug.	31 Aug.	IDF	1	0	1
July	31 July	IPS	0	3	3
July	31 July	IDF	1	0	1
June	30 June	IPS	5	3	8
June	30 June	IDF	0	0	0
May	31 May	IPS	6	2	8
May	31 May	IDF	2	0	2
April	30 April	IPS	2	0	2
April	30 April	IDF	0	0	0
March	31 March	IPS	4	4	8
March	31 March	IDF	0	0	0
Feb.	28 Feb.	IPS	5	2	7
Feb.	28 Feb.	IDF	0	0	0
Jan.	31 Jan.	IPS	3	4	7
Jan.	31 Jan.	IDF	0	0	0

Year 2016

Palestinian minors held IPS and IDF facilities as security detainees and prisoners

Month	Detained by	Date of statistics	Age	Detainees	Detained until end of legal process	Sentence	Admin. detainees	Total
Dec.	IPS	31 Dec.	Under 14	0	0	1	0	1
			14-16	11	32	21	0	64
			16-18	33	97	79	1	210
			Total	44	129	101	1	275
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	5	0	0	0	5
			16-18	15	0	0	0	15
			Total	20	0	0	0	20
Nov.	IPS	30 Nov.	Under 14	1	1	0	0	2
			14-16	18	29	21	0	68
			16-18	21	107	82	4	214
			Total	40	137	103	4	284
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	13	0	0	0	13
			16-18	10	0	0	0	10
			Total	23	0	0	0	23
Oct.	IPS	31 Oct.	Under 14	1	1	0	0	2
			14-16	10	31	18	0	59
			16-18	22	124	73	5	224
			Total	33	156	91	5	285
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	5	0	0	0	5
			16-18	4	0	0	0	4
			Total	9	0	0	0	9
Sept.	IPS	30 Sept.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	3	24	23	0	50
			16-18	15	120	79	7	221
			Total	18	144	102	7	271
	IDF		Under 14	1	0	0	0	1
			14-16	11	0	0	0	11
			16-18	14	0	0	0	14
			Total	26	0	0	0	26
August	IPS	31 Aug.	Under 14	2	0	0	0	2
			14-16	6	35	29	0	70
			16-18	8	133	96	10	247
			Total	16	168	125	10	319
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	3	0	0	0	3
			16-18	13	0	0	0	13
			Total	16	0	0	0	16
July	IPS	31 July	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	11	35	27	0	73
			16-18	19	146	97	8	270
			Total	30	181	124	8	343
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	4	0	0	0	4
			16-18	13	0	0	0	13
			Total	17	0	0	0	17
June	IPS	30 June	Under 14	0	0	1	0	1
			14-16	4	37	18	0	59
			16-18	14	122	97	7	240
			Total	18	159	116	7	300
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	1	0	0	0	1
			16-18	9	0	0	0	9
			Total	10	0	0	0	10
May	IPS	31 May	Under 14	0	0	2	0	2
			14-16	10	41	24	0	75
			16-18	17	128	100	10	255
			Total	27	169	126	10	332
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	8	0	0	0	8
			16-18	17	0	0	0	17
			Total	25	0	0	0	25
April	IPS	30 April	Under 14	0	1	2	0	3
			14-16	17	62	30	0	109
			16-18	25	166	98	13	302
			Total	42	229	130	13	414
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	6	0	0	0	6
			16-18	18	0	0	0	18
			Total	24	0	0	0	24
March	IPS	31 March	Under 14	2	1	2	0	5
			14-16	16	59	32	0	107
			16-18	29	182	110	11	332
			Total	47	242	144	11	444
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	13	0	0	0	13
			16-18	31	0	0	0	31
			Total	44	0	0	0	44
Feb.	IPS	29 Feb.	Under 14	2	2	1	0	5
			14-16	18	55	29	1	103
			16-18	44	180	100	6	330
			Total	64	237	130	7	438
	IDF		Under 14	1	0	0	0	1
			14-16	13	0	0	0	13
			16-18	31	0	0	0	31
			Total	45	0	0	0	45
Jan.	IPS	31 Jan.	Under 14	0	0	2	0	2
			14-16	16	60	36	0	112
			16-18	20	173	97	2	292
			Total	36	233	135	2	406
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	9	0	0	0	9
			16-18	22	0	0	0	22
			Total	31	0	0	0	31

Palestinian minors held in IPS and IDF facilities for being in Israel illegally

Month	Date of statistics	Detained by	Detainees	Sentence	Total
Dec.	31 Dec.	IPS	3	3	6
Dec.	31 Dec.	IDF	0	0	0
Nov.	30 Nov.	IPS	2	4	6
Nov.	30 Nov.	IDF	0	0	0
Oct.	31 Oct.	IPS	7	5	12
Oct.	31 Oct.	IDF	0	0	0
Sept.	30 Sept.	IPS	4	4	8
Sept.	30 Sept.	IDF	0	0	0
August	31 Aug.	IPS	7	3	10
August	31 Aug.	IDF	1	0	1
July	31 July	IPS	4	7	11
July	31 July	IDF	0	0	0
June	30 June	IPS	8	3	11
June	30 June	IDF	1	0	1
May	31 May	IPS	8	5	13
May	31 May	IDF	0	0	0
April	30 April	IPS	5	2	7
April	30 April	IDF	0	0	0
March	31 March	IPS	*	*	*
March	31 March	IDF	0	0	0
Feb.	29 Feb.	IPS	4	3	7
Feb.	29 Feb.	IDF	0	0	0
Jan.	31 Jan.	IPS	4	5	9
Jan.	31 Jan.	IDF	0	0	0

Year 2015

Palestinian minors held IPS and IDF facilities as security detainees and prisoners

Month	Detained by	Date of statistics	Age	Detainees	Detained until end of legal process	Sentence	Admin. detainees	Total
Dec.	IPS	31 Dec.	Under 14	0	3	1	0	4
			14-16	25	56	35	0	116
			16-18	31	190	75	6	302
			Total	56	249	111	6	422
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	13	0	0	0	13
			16-18	31	0	0	0	31
			Total	44	0	0	0	44
Nov.	IPS	30 Nov.	Under 14	3	1	0	0	4
			14-16	36	57	20	0	113
			16-18	48	176	61	5	290
			Total	87	234	81	5	407
	IDF		Under 14	1	0	0	0	1
			14-16	18	0	0	0	18
			16-18	54	0	0	0	54
			Total	73	0	0	0	73
Oct.	IPS	31 Oct.	Under 14	1	1	0	0	2
			14-16	25	45	7	0	77
			16-18	60	108	56	4	228
			Total	86	154	63	4	307
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	23	0	0	0	23
			16-18	75	0	0	0	75
			Total	98	0	0	0	98
Sept.	IPS	30 Sept.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	6	19	2	0	27
			16-18	18	67	59	0	144
			Total	24	86	61	0	171
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	3	0	0	0	3
			16-18	12	0	0	0	12
			Total	15	0	0	0	15
Aug.	IPS	31 Aug.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	1	15	5	0	21
			16-18	15	59	61	0	135
			Total	16	74	66	0	156
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	3	0	0	0	3
			16-18	19	0	0	0	19
			Total	22	0	0	0	22
July	IPS	31 July	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	4	10	5	0	19
			16-18	7	66	61	0	134
			Total	11	76	66	0	153
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	4	0	0	0	4
			16-18	5	0	0	0	5
			Total	9	0	0	0	9
June	IPS	30 June	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	1	13	8	0	22
			16-18	8	68	62	0	138
			Total	9	81	70	0	160
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	1	0	0	0	1
			16-18	9	0	0	0	9
			Total	10	0	0	0	10
May	IPS	31 May	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	5	13	3	0	21
			16-18	7	80	55	0	142
			Total	12	93	58	0	163
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	6	0	0	0	6
			16-18	24	0	0	0	24
			Total	30	0	0	0	30
April	IPS	30 April	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	3	10	4	0	17
			16-18	10	72	65	0	147
			Total	13	82	69	0	164
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	4	0	0	0	4
			16-18	24	0	0	0	24
			Total	28	0	0	0	28
March	IPS	31 March	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	1	15	10	0	26
			16-18	11	79	66	0	156
			Total	12	94	76	0	182
	IDF		0	0	0	0	0	0
			3	0	0	0	0	3
			17	0	0	0	0	17
			Total	0	0	0	0	20
Feb.	IPS	28 Feb.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	1	16	8	0	25
			16-18	8	88	61	0	157
			Total	9	104	69	0	182
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	2	0	0	0	2
			16-18	11	0	0	0	11
			Total	13	0	0	0	13
Jan.	IPS	31 Jan.	Under 14	1	0	1	0	2
			14-16	3	9	2	0	14
			16-18	12	94	41	0	147
			Total	16	103	44	0	163
	IDF		Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	2	0	0	0	2
			16-18	18	0	0	0	18
			Total	20	0	0	0	20

Palestinian minors held in IPS and IDF facilities for being in Israel illegally

Month	Date of statistics	Detained by	Detainees	Sentence	Total
Dec.	31 Dec.	IPS	8	2	10
Dec.	31 Dec.	IDF	1	0	1
Nov.	30 Nov.	IPS	4	3	7
Nov.	30 Nov.	IDF	1	0	1
Oct.	31 Oct.	IPS	6	2	8
Oct.	31 Oct.	IDF	0	0	0
Sept.	30 Sept.	IPS	2	5	7
Sept.	30 Sept.	IDF	0	0	0
Aug.	31 Aug.	IPS	8	5	13
Aug.	31 Aug.	IDF	1	0	1
July	31 July	IPS	4	11	15
July	31 July	IDF	2	0	2
June	30 June	IPS	5	8	13
June	30 June	IDF	0	0	0
May	31 May	IPS	10	1	11
May	31 May	IDF	0	0	0
April	30 April	IPS	2	2	4
April	30 April	IDF	0	0	0
March	31 March	IPS	2	0	2
March	31 March	IDF	0	0	0
Feb.	28 Feb.	IPS	0	3	3
Feb.	28 Feb.	IDF	0	0	0
Jan.	31 Jan.	IPS	0	4	4
Jan.	31 Jan.	IDF	0	0	0

Year 2014

Palestinian minors held IPS and IDF facilities as security detainees and prisoners

Total	Admin. detainees	Sentence	Detained until end of legal process	Detainees	Age	Detained by	Date of statistics	Month
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IPS	31 Dec.	Dec.
10	0	1	8	1	16-14
141	0	46	87	8	18-16
151	0	47	95	9	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IDF
5	0	0	0	5	16-14
16	0	0	0	16	18-16
21	0	0	0	21	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IPS	30 Nov.	Nov.
17	0	6	7	4	16-14
139	0	49	83	7	18-16
156	0	55	90	11	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IDF
3	0	0	0	3	16-14
13	0	0	0	13	18-16
16	0	0	0	16	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IPS	31 Oct.	Oct.
18	0	6	9	3	16-14
145	0	39	98	8	18-16
163	0	45	107	11	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IDF
1	0	0	0	1	16-14
9	0	0	0	9	18-16
10	0	0	0	10	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IPS	30 Sept.	Sept.
19	0	7	11	1	16-14
163	0	50	103	10	18-16
182	0	57	114	11	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IDF
3	0	0	0	3	16-14
19	0	0	0	19	18-16
22	0	0	0	22	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IPS	31 Aug.	Aug.
23	0	8	12	3	16-14
178	0	54	106	18	18-16
201	0	62	118	21	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IDF
0	0	0	0	0	16-14
1	0	0	0	1	18-16
1	0	0	0	1	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IPS	31 July	July
22	0	10	10	2	16-14
170	0	50	101	19	18-16
192	0	60	111	21	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IDF
0	00	0	0	0	16-14
2	0	0	0	2	18-16
2	0	0	0	2	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IDF	30 June	June
32	0	18	9	5	16-14
170	0	57	98	15	18-16
202	0	75	107	20	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IDF
1	0	0	0	1	16-14
0	0	0	0	0	18-16
1	0	0	0	1	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IPS	31 May	Maya
33	0	11	12	10	16-14
182	0	64	92	26	18-16
215	0	75	104	36	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IDF
0	0	0	0	0	16-14
1	0	0	0	1	18-16
1	0	0	0	1	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IPS	30 April	April
27	0	9	13	5	16-14
169	0	57	97	15	18-16
196	0	66	110	20	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IDF
0	0	0	0	0	16-14
0	0	0	0	1	18-16
1	0	0	0	1	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IPS	31 March	March
24	0	7	15	2	16-14
178	0	63	104	11	18-16
202	0	70	119	13	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IDF
0	0	0	0	0	16-14
1	0	0	0	1	18-16
1	0	0	0	1	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IPS	28 Feb.	Feb.
28	0	3	19	6	16-14
182	0	54	104	24	18-16
210	0	57	123	30	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IDF
0	0	0	0	0	16-14
5	0	0	0	5	18-16
5	0	0	0	5	Total
0	0	0	0	0	Under 14	IPS	31 Jan.	Jan.
20	0	7	7	6	16-14
163	0	45	97	21	18-16
183	0	52	104	27	Total
2	0	0	0	2	16-14	IDF
0	0	0	0	0	18-16
2	0	0	0	2	Total

Palestinian minors held in IPS and IDF facilities for being in Israel illegally

Month	Detained by	Date of statistics	Detainees	Sentence	Total
Dec.	IPS	31 Dec.	5	4	9
Dec.	IDF	31 Dec.	0	0	0
Nov.	IPS	30 Nov.	8	7	15
Nov.	IDF	30 Nov.	0	0	0
Oct.	IPS	31 Oct.	10	7	17
Oct.	IDF	31 Oct.	0	0	0
Sept.	IPS	30 Sept	11	8	19
Sept.	IDF	30 Sept	0	0	0
August	IPS	31 August	9	11	20
August	IDF	31 August	1	0	1
July	IPS	31 July	12	7	19
July	IDF	31 July	2	0	2
June	IPS	30 June	12	7	19
June	IDF	30 June	0	0	0
May	IPS	31 May	12	7	19
May	IDF	31 May	0	0	0
April	IPS	30 April	12	6	18
April	IDF	30 April	0	0	0
March	IPS	31 March	13	9	22
Feb.	IPS	28 Feb.	16	12	28
Jan.	IPS	31 Jan.	9	11	20

Year 2013

Palestinian minors held in IPS prisons as security detainees and prisoners

Month	Detained by	Date of statistics	Age	Detainees	Detained until end of legal process	Sentence	Admin. detainees	Total
Dec.	IPS	31 Oct.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	0	11	3	0	14
			16-18	7	88	45	0	140
			Total	7	99	48	0	154
Nov.	IPS	30 Nov.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	0	10	6	0	16
			16-18	18	87	52	0	157
			Total	18	97	58	0	173
Oct.	IPS	31 Oct.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	0	7	8	0	15
			16-18	10	77	57	0	144
			Total	10	84	65	0	159
Sept.	IPS	30 Sept.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	4	12	11	0	27
			16-18	13	84	55	0	152
			Total	17	96	66	0	179
August	IPS	31 August	Under 14	0	1	0	0	1
			14-16	2	16	12	0	30
			16-18	8	88	53	0	149
			Total	10	105	65	0	180
July	IPS	31 July	Under 14	0	1	2	0	3
			14-16	4	14	14	0	32
			16-18	11	80	69	0	160
			Total	15	95	85	0	195
June	IPS	30 June	Under 14	1	1	2	0	4
			14-16	1	15	21	0	37
			16-18	2	81	69	0	152
			Total	4	97	92	0	193
May	IPS	31 May	Under 14	0	3	1	0	4
			14-16	5	22	17	0	44
			16-18	8	80	87	0	175
			Total	13	105	105	0	223
April	IPS	30 April	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	8	21	15	0	44
			16-18	16	84	92	0	192
			Total	24	105	107	0	236
March	IPS	31 March	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	5	24	10	0	39
			16-18	15	92	90	0	197
			Total	20	116	100	0	236
Feb.	IPS	28 Feb.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	8	21	10	0	39
			16-18	23	98	74	0	195
			Total	31	119	84	0	234
Jan.	IPS	31 Jan.	Under 14	0	0	0	0	0
			14-16	0	21	10	0	31
			16-18	8	95	85	0	188
			Total	8	116	95	0	219

Palestinian minors held in IPS facilities for being in Israel illegally

Month	Date of statistics	Detainees	Sentence	Total
Dec.	31 Dec.	15	8	23
Nov.	30 Nov.	15	10	25
Oct.	31 Oct.	12	10	22
Sept.	30 Sept.	13	9	22
August	31 August	14	9	23
July	31 July	6	13	19
June	30 June	9	11	20
May	31 May	8	10	18
April	30 April	11	10	21
March	31 March	7	10	17
Feb.	28 Feb.	16	10	26
Jan.	31 Jan.	14	11	25

Year 2012

Palestinian minors held in IPS prisons as security detainees and prisoners

Month	Detained by	Date of statistics	Age	Detainees	Detained until end of legal process	Sentence	Admin. detainees	Total
Dec.	IPS	31 Dec.	Under 16	4	10	9	0	23
Dec.	IPS	31 Dec.	16-18	17	86	67	0	170
Nov.	IPS	30 Nov.	Under 16	5	8	8	0	21
Nov.	IPS	30 Nov.	16-18	20	94	42	0	156
Oct.	IPS	31 Oct.	Under 16	1	10	10	0	21
Oct.	IPS	31 Oct.	16-18	9	85	49	0	143
Sept.	IPS	30 Sept.	Under 16	4	9	15	0	28
Sept.	IPS	30 Sept.	16-18	12	88	61	0	161
Aug.	IPS	31 Aug.	Under 16	5	17	8	0	30
Aug.	IPS	31 Aug.	16-18	8	113	43	0	164
July	IPS	31 July	Under 16	2	18	14	0	34
July	IPS	31 July	16-18	5	117	54	0	176
June	IPS	30 June	Under 16	5	20	10	0	35
June	IPS	30 June	16-18	12	127	46	0	185
May	IPS	31 May	Under 16	7	25	7	0	39
May	IPS	31 May	16-18	13	136	43	0	192
April	IPS	30 April	Under 16	3	23	7	0	33
April	IPS	30 April	16-18	20	132	33	0	185
March	IPS	31 March	Under 16	7	15	9	0	31
March	IPS	31 March	16-18	14	122	36	0	172
Feb.	IPS	29 Feb.	Under 16	2	14	8	0	24
Feb.	IPS	29 Feb.	16-18	21	100	38	0	159
Jan.	IPS	31 Jan.	Under 16	3	18	5	0	26
Jan.	IPS	31 Jan.	16-18	18	90	32	0	140

Palestinian minors held in IPS facilities for being in Israel illegally:

Month	Date of statistics	Detainees	Sentence	Total
Dec.	31 Dec.	13	11	24
Nov.	30 Nov.	14	16	30
Oct.	31 Oct.	21	13	34
Sept.	30 Sept.	22	10	32
Aug.	31 Aug.	18	8	26
July	31 July	18	10	28
June	30 June	12	8	20
May	31 May	10	9	19
April	30 April	9	9	18
March	31 March	6	8	14
Feb.	29 Feb.	12	10	22
Jan.	31 Jan.	14	9	23

Year 2011

Palestinian minors held IPS prisons as security detainees and prisoners

Month	Detained by	Date of statistics	Age	Detainees	Detained until end of legal process	Sentence	Admin. detainees	Total
Dec.	IPS	31 Dec.	Under 16	2	15	2	0	19
Dec.	IPS	31 Dec.	16-18	26	62	24	1	113
Nov.	IPS	30 Nov.	Under 16	2	21	10	0	33
Nov.	IPS	30 Nov.	16-18	14	61	51	0	126
Oct.	IPS	31 Oct.	Under 16	2	17	11	0	30
Oct.	IPS	31 Oct.	16-18	11	60	49	0	120
Sept.	IPS	30 Sept.	Under 16	4	21	10	0	35
Sept.	IPS	30 Sept.	16-18	5	56	66	0	127
August	IPS	31 Aug.	Under 16	0	20	11	0	31
August	IPS	31 Aug.	16-18	10	74	61	0	145
July	IPS	31 July	Under 16	3	20	17	0	40
July	IPS	31 July	16-18	9	79	73	0	161
June	IPS	30 June	Under 16	4	16	18	0	38
June	IPS	30 June	16-18	3	81	85	0	169
May	IPS	31 May	Under 16	8	17	14	0	39
May	IPS	31 May	16-18	15	91	66	0	172
April	IPS	30 April	Under 16	1	19	17	0	37
April	IPS	30 April	16-18	14	102	64	0	180
March	IPS	27 March	Under 16	8	23	15	0	46
March	IPS	27 March	16-18	8	92	78	0	178
Feb.	IPS	28 Feb.	Under 16	6	27	12	0	45
Feb.	IPS	28 Feb.	16-18	12	90	69	0	171
Jan.	IPS	31 Jan.	Under 16	7	15	12	0	34
Jan.	IPS	31 Jan.	16-18	12	85	90	0	187

Year 2010

Palestinian minors held in IPS prisons as security detainees and prisoners

Month	Detained by	Date of statistics	Age	Detainees	Detained until end of legal process	Sentence	Admin. detainees	Total
Dec.	IPS	31 Dec.	Under 16	4	17	9	0	30
Dec.	IPS	31 Dec.	16-18	4	84	91	1	180
Nov.	IPS	30 Nov.	Under 16	5	23	4	0	32
Nov.	IPS	30 Nov.	16-18	7	92	93	2	194
Oct.	IPS	31 Oct.	Under 16	8	18	8	0	34
Oct.	IPS	31 Oct.	16-18	15	95	105	2	217
Sept.	IPS	30 Sept.	Under 16	11	12	9	0	32
Sept.	IPS	30 Sept.	16-18	8	111	111	2	232
August	IPS	31 August	Under 16	1	13	6	0	20
August	IPS	31 August	16-18	19	109	130	2	260
July	IPS	31 July	Under 16	1	9	8	0	18
July	IPS	31 July	16-18	15	111	135	2	263
June	IPS	30 June	Under 16	2	12	9	0	23
June	IPS	30 June	16-18	17	117	128	2	264
May	IPS	31 May	Under 16	5	3	17	0	25
May	IPS	31 May	16-18	9	135	129	2	275
April	IPS	30 April	Under 16	2	7	23	0	32
April	IPS	30 April	16-18	19	140	135	2	296
March	IPS	31 March	Under 16	9	9	21	0	39
March	IPS	31 March	16-18	14	153	129	2	298
Feb.	IPS	28 Feb.	Under 16	8	10	23	0	41
Feb.	IPS	28 Feb.	16-18	32	141	124	0	297
Jan.	IPS	31 Jan.	Under 16	3	16	25	0	44
Jan.	IPS	31 Jan.	16-18	30	132	108	0	270

Year 2009

Palestinian minors held in IPS prisons as security detainees and prisoners

Month	Detained by	Date of statistics	Age	Detainees	Detained until end of legal process	Sentence	Admin. detainees	Total
Dec.	IPS	31 Dec.	Under 16	8	16	18	0	42
Dec.	IPS	31 Dec.	16-18	29	118	110	0	257
Nov.	IPS	30 Nov.	Under 16	5	14	22	0	41
Nov.	IPS	30 Nov.	16-18	18	117	119	1	255
Oct	IPS	31 Oct.	Under 16	5	14	22	0	41
Oct	IPS	31 Oct.	16-18	20	123	125	1	269
Sept.	IPS	30 Sept.	Under 16	7	19	14	0	40
Sept.	IPS	30 Sept.	16-18	9	155	110	1	275
August	IPS	31 August	Under 16	1	21	17	0	39
August	IPS	31 August	16-18	13	146	130	1	290
July	IPS	31 July	Under 16	4	24	14	0	42
July	IPS	31 July	16-18	10	148	132	1	291
June	IPS	30 June	Under 16	2	28	17	0	47
	IPS	30 June	16-18	25	127	137	1	290
	IDF	28 June	Under 16	0	0	0	0	0
	IDF	28 June	16-18	1	*	*	*	1
May	IPS	31 May	Under 16	1	23	15	0	39
	IPS	31 May	16-18	10	146	141	1	298
	IDF	28 May	Under 16	0	0	0	0	0
	IDF	28 May	16-18	1	*	*	*	1
April	IPS	30 Apri	Under 16	7	21	19	0	47
April	IPS	30 Apri	16-18	20	152	159	2	333
March	IPS	31 March	Under 16	5	27	21	0	53
	IPS	31 March	16-18	28	161	164	2	355
	IDF	31 March	Under 16	0	0	0	0	0
	IDF	31 March	16-18	8	*	*	*	8
Feb..	IPS	28 Feb.	Under 16	10	31	13	0	54
	IPS	28 Feb.	16-18	29	175	136	6	346
	IDF	26 Feb.	Under 16	0	0	0	0	0
	IDF	26 Feb.	16-18	*	*	*	0	12
Jan.	IPS	3 Feb.	Under 16	5	36	9	0	50
	IPS	3 Feb.	16-18	28	180	111	5	324
	IDF	28 Jan.	Under 16	0	0	0	0	0
	IDF	28 Jan.	16-18	*	*	*	0	14

Year 2008

Palestinian minors held in IPS prisons as security detainees and prisoners

Month	Detained by	Date of statistics	Age	Detainees	Detained until end of legal process	Sentence	Admin. detainees	Total
Dec.	IPS	31 Dec.	Under 16	4	18	8	0	30
	IPS	31 Dec.	16-18	12	175	110	6	303
	IDF	28 Dec.	Under 16	0	0	0	0	0
	IDF	28 Dec.	16-18	*	*	*	*	13
Nov.	IPS	30 Nov.	Under 16	9	9	7	0	25
	IPS	30 Nov.	16-18	37	145	106	5	293
	IDF	30 Nov.	Under 16	0	0	0	0	0
	IDF	30 Nov.	16-18	*	*	*	*	19
Oct.	IPS	31 Nov.	Under 16	6	10	7	0	23
	IPS	31 Nov.	16-18	23	154	83	8	268
	IDF	29 Oct.	Under 16	*	*	*	*	0
	IDF	29 Oct.	16-18	*	*	*	*	6
Sept..	IPS	30 Sept.	Under 16	5	12	6	0	23
	IPS	30 Sept.	16-18	26	150	86	11	273
	IDF	29 Sept.	Under 16	*	*	*	*	0
	IDF	29 Sept.	16-18	*	*	*	*	8
August	IPS	31 Aug.	Under 16	4	10	7	0	21
	IPS	31 Aug.	16-18	19	158	65	13	255
	IDF	29 Aug.	Under 16	*	*	*	*	0
	IDF	29 Aug.	16-18	*	*	*	*	14
July	IPS	31 July	Under 16	4	14	15	0	33
July	IPS	31 July	16-18	23	161	83	13	280
June	IPS	30 June	Under 16	1	20	13	0	34
	IPS	30 June	16-18	19	164	81	13	277
	IDF	30 June	Under 16	*	*	*	0	0
	IDF	30 June	16-18	*	*	*	0	5
May	IPS	31 May	Under 16	1	23	13	0	37
	IPS	31 May	16-18	19	161	92	10	282
	IDF	29 May	Under 16	*	*	*	0	0
	IDF	29 May	16-18	*	*	*	0	9
April	IPS	30 April	Under 16	5	26	8	0	39
April	IPS	30 April	16-18	33	131	95	12	271
March	IPS	31 March	Under 16	7	24	14	0	45
	IPS	31 March	16-18	24	128	99	13	264
	IDF	30 March	Under 16	0	0	0	0	0
	IDF	30 March	16-18	*	*	*	0	15
Feb.	IPS	29 Feb.	Under 16	6	23	11	0	40
	IPS	29 Feb.	16-18	11	143	103	3	260
	IDF	29 Feb.	Under 16	0	0	0	0	0
	IDF	29 Feb.	16-18	*	*	*	*	13
Jan.	IPS	31 Jan.	Under 16	3	24	11	0	38
	IPS	31 Jan.	16-18	21	145	100	18	284
	IDF	31 Jan.	Under 16	0	0	0	0	0
	IDF	31 Jan.	16-18	*	*	*	*	6

Data on minors in IPS custody in previous years

Data on minors in IDF custody in previous years

Notes:

Beginning in August 2008, the figures include Palestinian prisoners who are residents of East Jerusalem. In its figures for previous months and years, the IPS did not include these prisoners in their figures on Palestinian prisoners.
The statistics presented above indicate the number of Palestinian minors who are residents of the Occupied Territories held by the IPS and the IDF on the specific date listed. B'Tselem does not have statistics on the total number of minors held by the IDF in a particular month. B'Tselem also does not have statistics on minors held by the Israeli Police.
The figures from the military are received with a significant time delay and – with the exception of administrative detainees, whose status is noted as such – provide few details regarding inmates’ legal standing. According to the IDF Spokesperson, the majority of inmates – apart from a handful of individuals who have been tried and are serving sentences – are detainees. As we do not have this numerical breakdown at our disposal, the total number of inmates in military custody (with the exception of administrative detainees) is given under the heading “detainees”.
* = No statistics provided.
The statistics do not include individuals held on criminal counts.
The figures were provided to B'Tselem by the IPS and the IDF, who are responsible for their accuracy.

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