From yesterday evening until Wednesday morning, the Israeli forces arrested at least 18 citizens from the West Bank, including two women from Jericho, children, and former prisoners.

The arrests were concentrated in the Hebron and Qalqilya governorates, while the rest of the arrests were distributed in the Jericho, Nablus, Jerusalem, and Ramallah governorates.

The Israeli forces continue to carry out widespread incursions during arrest campaigns, accompanied by widespread abuse, severe beatings, and threats against detainees and their families, in addition to widespread sabotage and destruction of citizens’ homes, and the confiscation of vehicles and money.

Thus, the total number of arrests after October 7 rose to about (7,020), 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 worth mentioning that these arrest campaigns constitute the most prominent consistent and systematic policies used by the occupation forces, and they are also one of the most prominent tools of the (collective punishment) policy, which also constitutes a central tool for the occupation in targeting citizens, in light of the comprehensive aggression against our people and the ongoing genocide in Gaza. , after the seventh of October.