WEST BANK, (PIC)
The Israeli army rounded up 22 more Palestinians in military raids carried out in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, according to prisoners’ affairs groups.
The new arrests brought the total number of Palestinians detained by the Israeli forces since Oct. 7 to 6,330, the Commission of Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a joint statement.
According to the statement, 400 Palestinian children were detained during the same reported period, while more than 30 children remain in administrative detention.
In its annual report, prisoners’ affairs groups indicated that 8,800 Palestinians had been held in Israeli prisons as of December 2023, including more than 80 female prisoners.
Tensions have been high across the West Bank since Israel launched a deadly military offensive against the Gaza Strip.
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, 373 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank since Oct. 7, with over 4,300 others injured.
In the Gaza Strip, at least 26,422 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and children, and 65,087 injured, according to Palestinian health authorities.
