The number of Palestinian detainees in the West Bank has risen to 6,305 since last October 7, after the Israeli army arrested 20 citizens on Friday and Saturday.

The Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners' Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said in a joint statement that the total number of arrests after October 7 rose "to about 6,305, including 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 authority and the club added, “The Israeli occupation forces arrested at least (20) citizens from the West Bank from yesterday morning until Saturday morning, including former prisoners.”

The arrests were distributed among the governorates of Jenin, Nablus (north), Ramallah, Jerusalem, Jericho (centre), and Hebron (south).

Since the start of its devastating war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, the Israeli army has intensified its operations in the West Bank and expanded its incursions and raids into Palestinian cities, villages and camps.