A Palestinian group says the Israeli forces have arrested more Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, bringing the total number of detainees to more than 3,000 since the outbreak of the weeks-long regime’s genocidal war on Gaza.
“The occupation forces arrested at least 20 Palestinians, on Saturday-Sunday night, from cities and towns in the West Bank, including East al-Quds,” the Palestinian Prisoners Club said in a statement on Sunday. “The total number of detainees rose to 3,200 Palestinians since Oct. 7,” it added.
According to the group’s president, Abdallah Zughary, many of these detainees have been placed in administrative detention without charge.
"Since 7 October, there have been no visits by families or lawyers to prisoners. And six prisoners have died." He accuses Israel of using the justice system as a "revenge policy".
The regime forces stormed villages and towns throughout the West Bank late on Saturday, accompanied by arrest and shooting and gas bombs on Palestinians.
Eleven Palestinians were detained during an army raid of old and new Askar refugee camps, East of the Northern West Bank city of Nablus, and three others turned themselves in at an army checkpoint near Nablus after Israel held family members as hostages to force them to turn themselves in.