Israel arrests more than 100 West Bank residents since the beginning of Ramadan

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JAKARTA - Palestinian human rights groups (HAM) said the Israeli Zionist regime has detained more than 100 people in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of Ramadan.

The statement of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), quoted by the Anadolu news agency, said the arrests took place during raids by the Zionists in cities in the West Bank, including al-Quds since February 18.

According to IRNA, Monday, February 23, according to reports, the detainees included children, women, and those who had been detained. The arrests were marked by "severe beatings, organized acts of terrorism against the detainees and their families, along with widespread sabotage and destruction of residents' homes and the seizure of vehicles, money, and gold jewelry".

Currently, more than 9,300 Palestinians, including 350 children and 66 women, are held in Israeli jails.

Many of the Palestinians were arrested without charges or trial and even administrative detention, a policy that allows the Zionist regime to detain Palestinians indefinitely.

Palestinian and international human rights groups regularly report that Palestinian prisoners are subjected to torture, starvation, and left without medical care resulting in a high number of deaths in Israeli prisons.

The Israeli regime continues to carry out repression and raids in the occupied West Bank since the start of the genocide war against the besieged Gaza Strip in 2023.