PALESTINE
Wed 18 Oct 2023 11:21 am - Jerusalem Time
Israel abducts 65 Palestinians in West Bank
The Israeli occupation forces continue to carry out arrest campaigns against citizens in the West Bank as part of the comprehensive aggression against our people and systematic mass revenge operations. Last night and at dawn on Wednesday, the occupation forces launched a new arrest campaign, targeting at least 65 citizens from the West Bank, including Jerusalem.
The arrest operations were concentrated in the Hebron Governorate, where the number of detainees at dawn today reached (34) citizens, followed by the Aida camp in Bethlehem, which also witnessed an arrest campaign that affected at least (16) citizens, while the rest of the arrests were distributed in the Nablus and Jerusalem governorates.
Since the seventh of this October, arrests in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, have reached at least 750 arrests, and this statistic does not include workers or detainees from Gaza, as institutions have not been able to date to obtain accurate and clear numbers of detained workers, as well as detainees from Gaza.
It is noteworthy that the highest percentage of detainees in the West Bank was recorded in Hebron Governorate, amounting to about (220) arrests.
In light of the ongoing arrest operations, we confirm a number of facts:
First: The violence and criminality used by the occupation forces is escalating in an unprecedented manner, reaching the point of threatening families and detainees by shooting them.
Second: The majority of those arrested are either transferred to administrative detention, or charges are brought against them on grounds of incitement, specifically in Jerusalem.
Third: There are extreme difficulties in accessing information related to detainees in the first days of detention due to the occupation’s activation of military orders that contributed to this.
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Israel abducts 65 Palestinians in West Bank