Israeli occupation forces have arrested 150 Palestinians over the past seven days, including children, women, and former prisoners, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Club.
The club indicated in a statement on Wednesday that the arrests were concentrated in the governorates of Hebron and Bethlehem in the south, and Jenin and Nablus in the north.
The statement added that these campaigns "continue as the genocidal war in Gaza continues, accompanied by field executions and the destruction of dozens of homes in the Jenin and Tulkarm governorates, which have been witnessing a widespread, ongoing aggression since the beginning of this year."
According to the club, the number of arrests in the West Bank since the start of the Israeli aggression on Gaza on October 7, 2023, has reached approximately 17,500, including 545 women and 1,400 children.
The club considered these arrests to be part of a policy of retaliation and a crime of collective punishment, as the violations are not limited to the massive numbers of detainees but also include patterns of systematic crimes committed against them.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation army on Wednesday demolished a home and 12 agricultural structures in the Ramallah and Salfit governorates, claiming they were built without a permit.
Eyewitnesses reported that occupation forces, accompanied by demolition vehicles, stormed the town of Kafr ad-Dik, west of Salfit, and began demolishing the two-story home of citizen Younis ad-Dik, after evacuating its residents.
In the town of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, occupation forces demolished 12 agricultural facilities, including water collection wells, an agricultural room, and stone walls, on the grounds that they were built without permits, according to eyewitnesses from the area.
In a related development, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound again on Wednesday morning, under heavy police protection and without prior notice, according to a statement from the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf Department.
It should be noted that such incursions typically occur with prior approval from the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as Ben-Gvir has previously stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque several times since assuming office in late 2022.
His most recent raid took place on May 27, coinciding with the so-called "anniversary of the occupation of East Jerusalem" according to the Hebrew calendar. He was accompanied by several members of the government and the Knesset, along with more than 2,092 settlers. At the time, the raid was met with widespread Palestinian and Arab condemnation.
The new raid comes just one day after the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Norway imposed sanctions on Ben-Gvir and Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for their repeated incitement to violence against Palestinians. These sanctions include freezing their assets in those countries and banning them from entering their territories.
This escalation coincides with the Israeli occupation army's ongoing aggression against the Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams refugee camps in the northern West Bank, which began on January 21.
In parallel with the genocide in Gaza, the Israeli occupation army and settlers have escalated their attacks in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, resulting in the deaths of at least 977 Palestinians, the injury of approximately 7,000, and the arrest of more than 17,500, according to Palestinian data.
