Israeli forces detain 45 Palestinians in West Bank raids
The detainees included five women and two journalists, and one journalist was rearrested only two weeks after being freed.
Israeli troops seized at least 45 Palestinians, among them five women and two journalists, during overnight sweeps across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society said.
Most of the detentions happened in Nablus and Hebron, the group said in a statement, with smaller numbers in Qalqilya, Tulkarm and Bethlehem.
Journalist Hazem Nasser was among those taken, and the society said he had been rearrested just two weeks after his release from custody.
In Jenin, soldiers stopped and questioned several Palestinians on the spot and then let them go, the organization added.
The society argued that the detention of women, reporters and a recently freed prisoner showed that Israeli forces were reaching a broader cross-section of Palestinian society.
Troops routinely raid homes and keep residents for hours of questioning, frightening families before releasing many of those held, the group's account said.
The organization also described physical assaults, property damage and harsh conditions during detention and interrogation.
It said it has documented more than 26,000 arrests across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since October 2023, when Israel began its war on the Gaza Strip, which the group called genocidal.
The Gaza war began after Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel in October 2023, and arrests and raids in the West Bank have continued throughout the conflict.
