PALESTINE
Wed 10 Jan 2024 11:29 am - Jerusalem Time
West Bank: Israeli continuous campaign of arrests, and detainees total number since October is 5,780
From yesterday evening until Wednesday morning, the Israeli occupation forces arrested at least 26 citizens from the West Bank, including the two former prisoners Muhammad Zaghloul from the town of Dura, Ramallah District, and Yasser Rajoub from the city of Dura, Hebron District, who is suffering from cancer.
According to the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners' Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club, the arrest operations occurred in the governorates of Ramallah and Bethlehem, while the rest of the arrests were distributed among the governorates of: Hebron, Jenin, Tubas, Tulkarm, and Nablus.
The occupation forces continue to carry out widespread raids and harassment during arrest campaigns, severe beatings, and threats against detainees and their families, in addition to widespread sabotage and destruction of citizens’ homes, and confiscation of vehicles and money.
Thus, the total number of arrests after October 7 of last year rose to more than (5,780), and this total includes those who were arrested from homes, through military checkpoints, those who were forced to surrender themselves under pressure, and those who were held hostage.
The ongoing and escalating arrest campaigns come in an unprecedented manner, within the framework of the comprehensive aggression against our people and the ongoing genocide in Gaza, after the seventh of last October, which targeted all groups, including former prisoners, the sick, and the elderly.
It is noteworthy that the data related to arrest cases includes those who were kept in detention by the occupation, or those who were later released.
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West Bank: Israeli continuous campaign of arrests, and detainees total number since October is 5,780