Israeli army has detained 4,000 Palestinians in West Bank since Oct. 7: NGOs

Israeli army has detained 4,000 Palestinians in West Bank since Oct. 7: NGOs

Published December 13,2023


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The Israeli military has detained greater than 4,000 Palestinians within the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since Oct. 7, Palestinian human rights teams stated on Wednesday.

In a joint assertion, the rights teams, together with the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, the Palestinian Prisoner Society and the Jerusalem-based Wadi Hilweh Information Center, stated among the many detained Palestinians have been 150 girls and greater than 255 kids.

The assertion famous that the quantity would not embody these arrested within the Gaza Strip throughout the identical interval.

It additionally stated that at the moment there are greater than 7,800 Palestinians in Israeli jails, together with 2,870 individuals with no trial or cost beneath the Israeli administrative detention coverage.

Tensions have been working excessive throughout the West Bank amid an Israeli navy offensive on the Gaza Strip following a cross-border assault by Hamas on Oct. 7.

Nearly 282 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers within the West Bank since Oct. 7, along with greater than 3,100 others injured, in keeping with the Palestinian Health Ministry.

Source: www.anews.com.tr