The UN Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wensland, said that Israel “is currently holding a total of 1,264 Palestinians in administrative detention,” and noted that the current number of administrative detainees is “the highest in more than a decade.”
A UN official announced on Wednesday that the Israeli authorities are administratively detaining a total of 1,264 Palestinians.
The UN Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wensland, said in a speech before the UN Security Council, “Israeli security forces carried out 1,042 search and arrest operations in the West Bank, which led to the arrest of 1,504 Palestinians, including 88 children.”
According to the UN envoy, the current number of administrative detainees is “the highest in more than a decade.”
During the reporting period, extending from July 15 to September 19, 68 Palestinians, including 18 children, were martyred by Israeli occupation forces during demonstrations, clashes, security operations, attacks or alleged attacks against Israelis, and other incidents.
The UN official confirmed that a total of 2,830 Palestinians, including 30 women and 559 children, were injured, including 271 by live ammunition and 2,119 by tear gas inhalation.
He pointed out that the lack of funding continues to undermine the United Nations’ ability to provide vital services to the Palestinians, noting that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is in urgent need of $75 million to continue food aid until the end of the year for 1.2 million Palestinians. in Gaza.
Wensland expressed deep concern about "the escalation of violence in the occupied West Bank and Israel, at levels not seen in decades and the increasing use of lethal weapons, even in densely populated areas."
He stressed the need to take immediate steps to calm tensions.
On Tuesday, Winsland visited the Gaza Strip for several hours, while repeatedly announcing that he was also holding talks with Israeli officials to calm the situation in Gaza.
For the tenth day, demonstrations were renewed on the borders of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday at the call of young men calling themselves “rebel youth” on social media, “denouncing the settlers’ storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque, the ongoing violations in the West Bank, and the continued siege of Gaza.”
Since last year, the West Bank has also witnessed a state of severe tension following the Israeli army’s incursions into Palestinian cities and camps.
Türkiye : The armed forces have neutralized 1,351 terrorists inside and outside the country since the beginning of 2023
The Media and Public Relations Advisor at the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced that the operations carried out by the Armed Forces to combat terrorism since the beginning of this year resulted in the neutralization of 1,351 terrorists, noting that 80 of them were neutralized in the last week.
The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced the neutralization of 1,351 terrorists since the beginning of this year, 80 of them during the last 7 days, stressing the continuation of anti-terrorism operations with all determination.
The Ministry's Media and Public Relations Advisor, Zeki Akturk, said during a media briefing on Thursday that the Turkish Armed Forces "continue to combat all kinds of threats and dangers, especially terrorist organizations."
Ak Türk added: “Since January 1, 2023, 1,351 terrorists have been neutralized in the area of anti-terrorism operations, 80 of them in the past seven days.”
He pointed out that the Air Force targeted 82 sites in the areas of Qandil, Asus, Kara, Matina, Al-Zab, and Hakurk (northern Iraq) between September 1 and 23 of this year.
He explained that these operations, according to preliminary information, resulted in the neutralization of 58 terrorists and the destruction of fortifications, caves and warehouses used by terrorists.