At least 7,605 Palestinians detained by Israeli occupation forces since October 7

RAMALLAH: At least 7,605 Palestinians were detained by Israeli occupation forces during military raids across the occupied West bank since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7, according to detainees and ex-detainees affairs commission and the Palestinian prisoner society(PPS). The Commission and PPS said in a joint statement, that Israeli forces continues its systematic detention campaigns against the Palestinian people in the West Bank, which escalated in an unprecedented way after the 7th of October. They said that this toll includes those who were rounded up during military raids at their homes, through military checkpoints, or those who were forced to surrender themselves under pressure. Since yesterday, the occupation forces have detained at least 20 people from the West Bank, including former prisoners. The detention camapings were distributed among the governorates of Tulkarm, Hebron, Tubas, Bethlehem, Nablus, Jenin, and Jerusalem. Meanwhile, a large Israeli military force broke into the home of the prisoner Raed Al-Houtari, who has been detained since 2003 and has been sentenced to 22 life imprisonments, and the home of the prisoner Saeed Dhiyab, who has been detained since 2007 and has been sentenced to 27 years in prison. The Commission and PPS pointed out that both prisoners, Al-Houtari and Dhiyab, came from Qalqilya Governorate. During the raid, the soldiers extensively vandalized and tampered the contents of their houses. Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA