At least 15 extra Palestinians have been detained in contemporary Israeli army raids within the occupied West Bank on Thursday, based on prisoners’ affairs teams.
The arrests, which passed off in a number of cities and areas within the West Bank, included a journalist and a lady from Nablus metropolis, the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society mentioned in a joint assertion.
Journalist Samir Khweira, who works for a neighborhood radio station in Nablus, was taken into Israeli custody, a neighborhood supply confirmed to Anadolu.
Thursday’s raids got here because the Israeli military has continued a lethal army offensive within the northern West Bank since January, killing over 70 Palestinians, displacing 1000’s, and turning many houses into army outposts.
The new arrests introduced the variety of Palestinians detained by the Israeli military within the West Bank since October 2023 to over 15,800, together with those that have been launched after being arrested, based on Palestinian figures.
The determine doesn’t embody these arrested from the Gaza Strip, whose numbers are estimated to be within the 1000’s.
Nearly 950 Palestinians have been killed and over 7,000 injured by the Israeli military and unlawful settlers within the West Bank because the begin of the Gaza struggle in October 2023, figures launched by the Health Ministry confirmed.
In July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s longstanding occupation of Palestinian territories unlawful, calling for the evacuation of all settlements within the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Source: www.anews.com.tr