RAMALLAH, March 24, 2025 (WAFA) – From yesterday evening until Monday morning, the Israeli occupation forces detained at least 30 Palestinians from the West Bank.
The Commission of Detainees' and Ex-Detainees' Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) reported that among the detainees is the former prisoner Ahmed Walid Khashan from the town of Bir al-Basha in the Jenin Governorate, one of those released in the first phase of the ceasefire agreement.
They noted that the occupation forces have been continuing its aggression against the Jenin and Tulkarm Governorates for weeks, accompanied by ongoing detention and field investigations.
Since the beginning of the invasion, the number of detainees in Jenin and its refugee camp has reached 480, while in Tulkarm and its two refugee camps, the number of detainees has reached 230.
This figure includes those detainees and kept in detention by the occupation, as well as those subsequently released. It includes all categories of prisoners, particularly young men.
It is noteworthy that the occupation has adopted a series of policies in various areas where the aggression has escalated, the most prominent of which are field executions, assassinations, and systematic field investigations that have affected dozens of families.
In addition, it has detained citizens as hostages and converted homes into military barracks after forcing their owners to leave and flee to other areas.
This is in addition to the deliberate destruction of infrastructure.
The occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.
These raids are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative, and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.
According to the latest figures from Addameer, the Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, there are currently 9,500 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers, including 350 child prisoners and 21 female prisoners.
This number includes approximately 3,405 Palestinians placed under “administrative detention”, which allows the detention of Palestinians without charge or trial for renewable intervals ranging between three and six months based on undisclosed evidence that even a detainee’s lawyer is barred from viewing.
The mass arrest of Palestinians is nothing new. According to a 2017 report by Addameer, over the past 50 years, more than 800,000 Palestinians have been imprisoned or detained by Israel, this figure is now believed to be closer to 1 million. This means that about 40% of Palestinian men and boys living under military occupation have been deprived of their freedom. Almost every Palestinian family has suffered the imprisonment of a loved one.
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