How many Palestinian detainees from Gaza does Israel think are fighters?

"A new investigation finds that only a quarter of Palestinian detainees in Israel are linked to fighting groups. Israeli military intelligence believes that only a quarter of the Palestinian detainees from Gaza held by Israel are fighters, according to a joint investigation released on Thursday by the Israeli-Palestinian magazine +972, the Hebrew-language magazine Local Call, and the British newspaper The Guardian."

"Among those detained are thousands arrested under Israel's 2002 Unlawful Combatants legislation, which allows authorities to seize individuals if they believe they are linked to organisations deemed unlawful', such as Hamas, even if they cannot tie the individual to a specific act. The joint investigation revealed that one of those detained was an 82-year-old woman with Alzheimer's who was jailed for six weeks, and a single mother separated from her young children, who she later found begging on the streets."

"Investigators reviewed a confidential Israeli military database, said to be regarded by commanders as the most accurate information on Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) fighters in Gaza. The database contains the names of more than 47,000 individuals believed by Israeli intelligence to be members of the armed groups. However, out of those 47,000, only 1,450 were listed as arrested in May, meaning that other Palestinians detained three-quarters of the 6,000 Palestinians held by Israel at the time had not been classified as Hamas or PIJ fighters."

Israeli military intelligence classifies only about one quarter of Palestinian detainees from Gaza as fighters. A confidential Israeli military database lists more than 47,000 individuals believed to be members of Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). Of those names, only 1,450 were recorded as arrested in May, while roughly 6,000 Palestinians were held by Israel at that time. Thousands of detainees were arrested under Israel's 2002 Unlawful Combatants legislation, which permits detention for alleged links to designated organisations even without evidence tying individuals to specific acts. The detainee population includes elderly civilians and separated family members; members of other armed groups account for under 2 percent.

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