The Israeli army has detained about 4500 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. They have been detained from these two territories occupied since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas. However, the number of Palestinians detained in the besieged Gaza Strip is not counted as such. News from Anadolu.
In a joint statement Friday, the Palestinian Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoners Society said 16 more Palestinians were detained by Israeli authorities early Friday morning. Since October 7, the number of Palestinian prisoners detained in the West Bank and Jerusalem has reached 4,420.
Tensions have been simmering in the occupied West Bank since the start of the Gaza war. According to UN data, attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have more than doubled since October 7. At least 275 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied territories in violent attacks and Israeli military operations. At least 63 of them are children. Apart from this, about 3500 others were injured.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Health of Gaza said that at least 18 thousand 787 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli attack in the besieged area. Thousands more were injured.