Ramallah: Israeli forces launched wide-scale detention and field interrogation operations across the occupied West Bank from Tuesday evening through Wednesday morning, detaining at least 130 Palestinians, including two women, a child, and former prisoners.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) reported that the arrests and on-site interrogations took place across most of the West Bank governorates. The operations were particularly concentrated in the towns of Burin and Madama in the Nablus governorate, the town of Aqaba in the Tubas governorate, and the town of Immatin in the Qalqilya governorate.
The PPS indicated that the majority of those arrested were subjected to field interrogations before being released. It also noted that Israeli forces have intensified arrest and field interrogation operations since the beginning of the year, targeting all segments of Palestinian society as acts of collective punishment.
The PPS further stated that Israeli forces have adopted a series of policies and committed acts during raids and arrests in the West Bank. Field interrogations have become a prominent policy implemented by the occupation in all West Bank governorates without exception.
The PPS highlighted that during these raids, the occupation army forces families to leave their homes, causing distress and carrying out acts of vandalism and destruction inside the houses before arresting or detaining individuals, often in cold weather conditions.
The PPS reiterated that the current occupation crimes are an extension of a long-standing approach aimed at targeting Palestinian presence and imposing further tools of repression, control, and surveillance. The only change noted since the beginning of this intensified conflict is the increased severity of these crimes, whether accompanying arrest operations or those committed against prisoners inside detention centers.
Israeli authorities continue to execute arrest operations, which remain a consistent and systematic policy implemented daily against civilians. The number of arrests in the West Bank following the conflict has surpassed 21,000.
