The Prisoners' Media Office explained that the arrests were concentrated in the governorates of Jenin, Tubas, Nablus, Ramallah and Hebron, where the forces raided the homes of Palestinians and detained hundreds for field investigation, before releasing some of them later.
The Israeli occupation army often does not announce the reasons for the arrests, merely stating that they are part of "security campaigns" against wanted individuals.
In the town of Tammun, Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a vehicle carrying a Palestinian family, killing all four members: a father, mother, and their two children. Hamas described the incident as a "summary execution and a new war crime." The movement called on Palestinians in the West Bank to escalate their confrontation with the occupation and to activate all forms of resistance.
For its part, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs considered the massacre an "extrajudicial execution" and part of a comprehensive aggression aimed at "exterminating and displacing the Palestinian people," holding Israel fully responsible for the crime, and demanding that the international community take action to investigate war crimes and hold those responsible accountable.
Since the start of the genocide in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, the occupation army and settlers have intensified their attacks in the West Bank, including killing, arrest, destruction and demolition of homes and facilities, displacement and settlement expansion.
These attacks resulted in the martyrdom of at least 1,125 Palestinians, the injury of about 11,700, in addition to the arrest of about 22,000 Palestinians.
Palestinians warn that these violations pave the way for Israel to declare the annexation of the West Bank, which would mean the end of the possibility of establishing a Palestinian state as stipulated in UN resolutions.
The international community and the United Nations consider the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, to be occupied Palestinian territory, and Israeli settlement activity there is considered "illegal" under international law.
