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Total of 8,535 Palestinians arrested in West Bank since October 7
Israeli forces have detained 20 Palestinians, including one minor, throughout the occupied West Bank in the last 24 hours, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
This brings the total number of Palestinians arrested in the West Bank since the Gaza war broke out on October 7 to 8,535.
The latest arrests took place in Hebron, Qalqilya, Bethlehem, Ramallah, Tubas, Nablus, Jericho, and Jerusalem governorates, where Israeli forces also harassed, threatened and assaulted detainees and their relatives, the Prisoner’s Society said.
Israeli forces demolish home, water well near Hebron
Israeli forces have raided the small village of Berin, east of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, and demolished a family’s home and water well, reports the Wafa news agency.
The head of the village’s council, Farid Burgan, told Wafa that the demolition and other Israeli military attacks on the village were part of an effort to displace Palestinians there and expand the nearby Israeli settlement of Bani Hefer.
Earlier, we reported that Israeli forces also raided the Fawwar refugee camp, just south of Hebron, and arrested three people, including a man who was freed only days before.
Palestinians face unemployment crisis amid Israeli work permit restrictions
Since the war on Gaza began, Israel has barred most Palestinians in the occupied West Bank who used to cross into Israel for work from doing so, causing an unemployment crisis.
Some youth, driven to support their families, resort to crossing the Israeli separation walls discreetly in search of work opportunities.
“‘If we’re not supposed to work in Israel, what are we supposed to do? Should we resort to theft? If we had any other option, we wouldn’t go to Israel,’ explained Sa’ed Boulad, an unemployed Palestinian who broke his arm after falling from a separation wall he was attempting to scale, in an interview with Al Jazeera
“I was going to work to help my family. Adults can tolerate hunger and anything else. But what about the kids? Who will bring diapers and milk for these children?” said Boulad. “How can they understand that there’s a war and slaughter going on?”
