Israeli forces detained 10,300 Palestinians in West Bank since Oct. 7
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The PPS and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs say the detainments were accompanied by assaults on detainees and their families, along with extensive vandalism and destruction of citizens' homes.
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A Palestinian man is detained by Israeli occupation forces during a military operation in the West Bank refugee camp of al-Far'a, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP)
Israeli occupation forces detained 25 Palestinians, including freed prisoners, from across the occupied West Bank from Wednesday night through Thursday morning, announced the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.
In a joint statement, the two bodies pointed out that the Israeli detainments that were carried out across the northern West Bank governorates were accompanied by assaults on detainees and their families, along with extensive vandalism and destruction of citizens' homes.
According to the statement, Israeli occupation forces have so far detained more than 10,300 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including al-Quds, since the start of the ongoing genocide and mass aggression against the Palestinian people on October 7, 2023.
The PPS and the Commission highlighted that the detention campaigns are among the most consistent and systematic policies employed by the Israeli occupation forces and are a major tool used in "Israel's" strategy of collective punishment, which is a central method used to target Palestinians.
The detention campaigns come in parallel with a largely condemned Israeli military offensive, the largest in 22 years, on several governorates in the northern occupied West Bank.
The Israeli military command said it had initiated a "wide-scale operation" in the governates of Tulkarm and Jenin, targeting Palestinian Resistance fighters. In detail, the aggression targets the Jenin, al-Far'a, and Nur Shams refugee camps, in Jenin, Tubas, and Tulkarm respectively.
In response, Palestinian Resistance factions have declared Operation Terror of the Camps as they confront the Israeli assault, continuing their operations and confrontations across northern West Bank areas.
Since the start of the offensive, the Israeli occupation forces have killed 17 Palestinians, including Mohammad Jaber, known as Abu Shujaa, the commander of the al-Quds Brigades - Tulkarm Brigade, along with several other Resistance fighters, following confrontations in Tulkarm.
Read more: 670 Palestinians, 150 children killed in West Bank since Oct.7: CNN
