The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested -in the past 24 hours- 20 Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, including freed captives.
In a joint statement, Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) said that most of the arrests took place in Al-Khalil Governorate, while the others occurred in the governorates of Ramallah, Jenin, Qalqilya, Nablus, Ariha and Occupied Jerusalem (Al-Quds). These arrests are regularly accompanied by sabotage and destruction of Palestinian homes, governorates and camps as well as severe beatings practiced on detainees and their families, added the statement.
Since the beginning of the ongoing Israeli genocide on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023, the number of arrests in the occupied West Bank has risen to at least 9,510, the statement added, indicating that these arrests included those who were arrested from homes or through military checkpoints, as well as those who were forced to surrender themselves under pressure, and those who were held hostage.
The IOF continues to implement systematic arrests, as one of the most prominent established policies, which escalated in an unprecedented manner after Oct. 7, 2023, not only in terms of the level of the number of detainees, but also in terms of the level of crimes committed.
