IOF arrest injured Palestinian, freed prisoner, among 15 in West Bank
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Early on Monday, Israeli occupation forces carried out an arrest campaign against 15 Palestinians in the West Bank.
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Israeli occupation soldiers holding detained Palestinian at gunpoint, Monday, April 15, 2024. (Quds Press via social media)
Israeli occupation forces detained 15 Palestinians in the West Bank during the early hours of Monday, including one injured person and a freed prisoner.
Activists shared a list of the names of arrested Palestinians per town:
- Bajes Shabita in the village of Azoun, east of Qalqilya.
- Tamer Khalifa [injured] and Mohammad Mansour in the town of Kfar Nehma, west Ramallah.
- Four unidentified Palestinians were detained in the town of Northern Mazraa, east Ramallah.
- Ibrahim Rajab Islam, Ayoub Barhoush, Ahmad Abu Khmeish, and Ibada al-Aswad in the town of Kfar Labad, east Tulkarm.
- Mohammad Salim Hanoun in the town of Anbata, east Tulkarm.
- Mohammad Maher Hamad and Mohammad Nafez Abu Alia in the town of Shoufa, southeast Tulkarm.
- Ahmad Majdi Yassine in the town of Yaabud in Jenin.
- Fadi Younes in the town of Balaa in Tulkarm.
انتشار موسع لقوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي في عدة أحياء خلال الاقتحام المستمر لمدينة قلقيلية بالضفة الغربية.#طوفان_الأقصى #غزة #غزة_الآن pic.twitter.com/aWXzmyLknl
— وكالة قدس برس (@QudsPress) April 15, 2024
Towns across the West Bank have been witnessing IOF raids daily, as well as intense settler violence since October 7, 2023. Dozens of arbitrary arrests are made daily, often resulting in injuries and martyrs among Palestinians.
The Palestinian Detainees Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners Society's recent tally indicated that over 8,165 Palestinians have been arrested in the West Bank, including those who were detained from their homes, through military checkpoints, those who were forced to surrender under pressure, and those who were held hostage.
Medical neglect, torture killed 2 Palestinian detainees: Israeli media
On March 19, Israeli newspaper Haaretz published forensic findings regarding two Palestinian detainees who were murdered in Israeli prisons following Operation al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, 2023.
According to the outlet, 21-year-old administrative detainee Mohammad al-Sabbar was killed in February due to Israeli medical neglect, as he had been suffering from a severe illness and was not given adequate medical attention.
Meanwhile, bruises found on the body of Abdulrahman al-Bahsh, 23, indicate possible torture during his time in Israeli prisons.
Al-Sabbar had been detained since May 2022 and was denied medical treatment in the Israeli prison, despite suffering from gastrointestinal health issues, requiring specialized treatment and specific dietary needs.
Palestinian organizations focusing on detainees' rights have accused "Israel" of committing two crimes against al-Sabbar; his continued arbitrary detention under a "secret file" pretext and a medical crime involving denial of treatment. He was the eighth detainee to die in Israeli custody since October 7, 2023.
Abdulrahman al-Bahsh, from Nablus, was martyred in the Israeli "Megiddo" prison, where he had been detained since May 31, 2022, with a 35-month sentence. He was the first detainee to die in Israeli prisons in 2024.
