The Palestinian Prisoners' Club said that the occupation forces launched a massive arrest campaign last night and at dawn on Monday, targeting at least 70 citizens from the West Bank, including two women from Jerusalem, two journalists, and former prisoners, and the arrests were distributed in most of the West Bank governorates, including Jerusalem.

The number of arrests since October 7 has reached about 540.

The Prisoners' Club added that the arrest campaigns in the West Bank are the highest in years, as the number of arrests since October 7, the date of the start of the Al-Aqsa Flood battle, has reached about (540) arrests, concentrated in the Hebron and Jerusalem governorates, in addition. To the detained workers and detainees from Gaza, whose exact numbers and identities are not yet known.

The Prisoner's Club pointed out that the arrest operations included all groups, including (children, women, and the elderly), and the occupation forces adopted during them a policy of threats, severe beatings against detainees, and widespread acts of sabotage and destruction of homes.

It is noteworthy that since the beginning of this year, arrests have reached more than (6,000) cases.

It is worth mentioning that these arrest campaigns constitute the most prominent and systematic policies used by the occupation forces, with the aim of undermining any escalating situation of confrontation. They are also among the most prominent tools of the policy of (collective punishment), which also constitutes a central tool for the occupation in targeting citizens.