JAILED. Over 7,000 Palestinians have been arrested since Oct. 7. According to the prisoners' affairs, most of them have been subjected to torture, brutal beatings and threats. (Xinhua)
RAMALLAH – The number of Palestinian prisoners in the West Bank has risen to 7,060 since Oct. 7, the prisoner’s affairs groups said Saturday.
This developed as 20 more Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli Army during the past 24 hours.
“The Israeli army arrested at least 20 citizens from the West Bank in the past 24 hours including a woman from Nablus, former prisoners, and members of the family of a Jerusalem martyr,” the Commission of Detainees' Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a joint statement.
Most of the arrests, according to the statement, took place in Hebron, Ramallah, Jerusalem, Nablus, Jenin and Salfit.
The two groups pointed out the “wide-scale acts of torture, brutal beatings, threats against prisoners and their families, in addition to widespread acts of sabotage and destruction in citizens' homes, and the confiscation of funds and vehicles.”
The number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails exceeds 9,000, including 3,484 administrative detainees and 606 classified as “non-regular fighters,” who are detainees from Gaza, according to data until the end of January from the two groups.
Administrative detention is a measure of imprisonment under Israeli military orders alleging security threats without a charge sheet, extending for six months that is often renewed.
Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip since the Oct. 7 attack perpetrated by Hamas.
The ensuing Israeli attack has killed at least 28,858, injured more than 68,677 others and caused massive destruction and shortage of necessities.
At least 1,200 Israelis have been killed in the Hamas attack. (Xinhua)
