The Israeli army arrested 22 Palestinians, including a journalist, during raids and incursions across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said.
Local sources reported that eight Palestinians were arrested in Dhahiriya in the southern Hebron province, six in Azzun east of Qalqilya, two in Bethlehem province, four in Nablus province and two in Deir al-Ghusun in northern Tulkarem province.
According to Palestinian figures, Israel is holding around 9,400 Palestinian prisoners, including 94 women, more than 350 children, 3,244 so-called “administrative” detainees and 1,320 people classified by Israel as "unlawful combatants."
Palestinian and Israeli rights groups say Palestinian prisoners face torture, starvation and medical neglect in Israeli detention, conditions they say have contributed to dozens of deaths.
