The Prisoners and Ex-Detainees Authority and the Prisoners' Club said that the number of arrests rose after the seventh of last October to more than 7,335 detainees.

They explained, in a statement issued by them today, Saturday, that these arrests include those who were arrested from homes, through military checkpoints, those who were forced to surrender themselves under pressure, and those who were held hostage.

They added that the data related to arrest cases includes those who were kept in detention by the occupation and those who were later released.

Yesterday and today, Saturday, the Israeli forces arrested at least 10 citizens from the West Bank, including former prisoners. The arrests were distributed among the governorates of: Jericho, Hebron, Bethlehem, Jenin, and Jerusalem, accompanied by sabotage and destruction of citizens’ homes, in addition to beatings and brutality against detainees and their families, and the seizure of money.