Bethlehem – Ma’an – From yesterday evening until Wednesday morning, the occupation forces launched a massive arrest campaign, targeting at least 30 citizens from the West Bank, including a woman and former prisoners.

The Prisoners’ and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs Authority and the Prisoners’ Club explained that the arrests were concentrated in the governorates of Hebron, Bethlehem, and Nablus, while the rest of the arrests were distributed among the governorates of Ramallah, Tulkarm, Jenin, and Jerusalem.

In addition, the occupation continues to carry out widespread raids and harassment, accompanied by severe beatings and threats against detainees and their families, in addition to sabotage and destruction of citizens’ homes, and confiscation of money and vehicles.

It is noteworthy that the occupation has rearrested a group of prisoners who were recently released, including administrative detainees.

Thus, the total number of arrests since the start of the aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7 last year has
risen to about 8,640, 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 noteworthy that the occupation continues to carry out arrest campaigns in the West Bank, which are accompanied by systematic abuse and torture against detainees and their families, in an unprecedented manner, and the occupation did not exclude the sick, wounded, and the elderly during the arrest campaigns.

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

Source: Maan News Agency