Israel arrests 100 Palestinians in a week as West Bank pogroms continue
Palestinian Prisoner’s Society says detained include children, journalists and ex-prisoner freed in recent exchange deal
Israeli forces have detained more than 100 Palestinians in the West Bank over the past week, including children, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) says, as pogroms continue across the occupied territory.
The Palestinian rights group, which tracks detentions and conditions in Israeli custody, said in a statement on Thursday that Israeli forces have intensified detention operations across the territory, alleging a range of abuses including field interrogations, physical assaults, threats against detainees’ families and, in some cases, extrajudicial killings.
The group said that Israeli forces conducted extensive home raids during the operations, searching and damaging properties and, in some cases, occupying homes for military use.
Wafa said soldiers stormed the town for six hours, raiding homes and arresting their owners before withdrawing.