Israeli military operations across the occupied West Bank resulted in the detention of numerous Palestinians on Monday, with local media reporting widespread arrest campaigns targeting multiple regions. The operations notably included the apprehension of journalist Enas Ikhlawi from her residence in Idhna, west of Hebron, and 15-year-old Yazan al-Aloul during raids in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm.
In the Aida refugee camp north of Bethlehem, local sources indicated that Israeli forces arrested more than 25 Palestinians, conducting extensive house searches and employing intimidation tactics. Additional arrests were reported in Qalqilya, Ramallah, and Tubas, continuing a pattern of nightly operations that have become increasingly frequent since the onset of the Gaza conflict in 2023.
Statistical data reveals that Israeli forces have detained over 21,000 Palestinians from the West Bank in just over two years. Current figures show approximately 9,250 Palestinians remain in Israeli detention, including 350 children and about 50 women. Nearly half of these detainees are held under administrative detention orders without formal charges or trial.
Human rights organizations have documented systematic abuses against Palestinian prisoners, alleging deliberate targeting through physical and psychological mistreatment, including torture, starvation, denial of medical care, and solitary confinement. These claims find support in a report from Israel’s Public Defender’s Office, which acknowledges systematic violence by prison staff and highlights severe hunger among detainees resulting in extreme weight loss, weakness, and fainting episodes.
The humanitarian crisis has reached lethal proportions, with a joint report by Palestinian rights groups documenting 32 detainee deaths in Israeli custody in 2025 alone—including one child—bringing the total number of prisoner fatalities since October 2023 to over 100.