PALESTINE
Mon 29 Jan 2024 11:23 am - Jerusalem Time
West Bank: Israeli forces arrest 40 Palestinians
From yesterday evening until Monday morning, Israeli forces launched a massive arrest campaign that targeted at least 40 citizens from the West Bank, including former prisoners.
The arrests were concentrated in the Jenin and Hebron governorates, while the rest of the arrests were distributed in the governorates of: Tulkarm, Nablus, Ramallah, Jericho, Tubas, and Jerusalem.
The occupation forces continue to carry out widespread raids and harassment in governorates, towns, and camps during arrest campaigns, accompanied by severe beatings, threats against detainees and their families, widespread sabotage and destruction of citizens’ homes, and direct shooting to kill, in addition to confiscating vehicles, phones, and money. .
Thus, the total number of arrests after October 7 rose to about (6,370), 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.
It is noteworthy that the arrest campaigns do not only reflect the escalation in the number of detainees, but also the level of crimes, abuse and torture to which citizens were subjected, within the framework of the comprehensive escalation processes taking place in the governorates of the West Bank.
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West Bank: Israeli forces arrest 40 Palestinians