'Israel' detained over 7,580 Palestinians across West Bank since Oct
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The Israeli occupation continues to raid the West Bank on the daily, detaining dozens amid increased tensions.
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Israeli occupation forces detain a Palestinian in the Old City in al-Quds, Friday, October 13, 2023. (AP)
The Palestinian Detainees Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners Society announced, in a joint report on Thursday, that at least 20 individuals, including formerly freed detainees, were detained by Israeli occupation forces from across the occupied West Bank overnight.
According to the joint statement, the majority of detention campaigns were concentrated in al-Khalil and Ariha. The campaigns were accompanied by widespread harassment, brutal beatings, and threats against detainees and their families, as well as extensive vandalism and destruction of homes.
The data includes information on those still detained and those subsequently released, bringing the total arrests since October 7, 2023, to approximately 7,585; encompassing individuals detained from homes, military checkpoints, those forced to surrender under pressure, as well as hostages.
Resistance fighters open fire on Israeli settlement in al-Khalil
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades - Al-Khalil confirmed this morning that its Resistance fighters targeted the Israeli "Gush Etzion" settlement north of al-Khalil with machine guns, before withdrawing safely.
Meanwhile, Al Mayadeen's sources reported that Palestinian Resistance fighters engaged Israeli occupation forces with a powerful homemade explosive device and opened fire on the raiding forces in the old town of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Two Palestinians were injured Thursday morning as Israeli occupation forces attacked citizens in the village of al-Luban al-Sharqiya south of Nablus.
Israeli occupation forces also raided the vicinity of the Qalandia refugee camp northeast of occupied al-Quds, and Israeli occupation forces' gunfire injured a Palestinian youth during confrontations at the Qalandia checkpoint.
Confrontations also erupted between Palestinian youths and Israeli occupation forces in the vicinity of the Shuafat checkpoint in occupied al-Quds.
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