Israel says it has arrested 870 Hamas members in West Bank since October 7
A military statement said 28 Palestinians were rounded up in the West Bank in the past hours, including 11 Hamas members.
According to the statement, a total of 1,350 Palestinians had been detained in the occupied territory since October 7, including 870 Hamas members.
Tensions have been running high across the West Bank amid Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip.
At least 163 Palestinians have been killed and 2,250 others injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied territory since the outbreak of the war on Gaza, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society estimates that at least 2,215 Palestinians have been detained in the West Bank in the past month.
Prior to the Gaza war, the number of Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails was estimated at around 5,200, according to Palestinian figures.
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