The Occupation Arrests at Least 20 Citizens, Including 5 Women and a Journalist

SadaNews - The Palestinian Prisoners Club announced that Israeli occupation forces have arrested at least (20) citizens from the West Bank, including Jerusalem, since last night until this morning, Wednesday.

The club clarified that among the detainees are five women: Jamila Abu Dahu, Jamila Kanaan from Ramallah, the freed prisoner Maysar Al-Faqih, Faten Hanaysh from Nablus, and Atif Badr from Hebron, in addition to the arrest of journalist Hassan Abd Al-Jawad from Bethlehem.

The Prisoners Club noted that the occupation continues to escalate arrest operations and field investigations at a rapid pace since the crime of genocide, targeting various segments of Palestinian society as part of a policy of collective punishment and revenge.

In the same context, the club confirmed that women are facing increasing targeting through ongoing arrest campaigns, including detention as hostages, night raids on homes, harsh interrogation methods, alongside a rise in arrest cases based on what the occupation claims to be "incitement" via social media, indicating a serious escalation where the arrest of women is used as a means of pressure and collective punishment, as the number of female prisoners in occupation prisons has risen to (99).

The number of journalists detained in occupation prisons has increased to (42) journalists, including two under enforced disappearance.

The club pointed out that the occupation authorities continue to carry out daily arrest campaigns across various areas of the West Bank, as part of a systematic and fixed policy, where the number of arrests has exceeded (24,000) cases since the crime of genocide.

For its part, the Commission for Prisoners and Freed Prisoners Affairs called on women's institutions, civil society organizations, and all official and popular bodies to shed light on the practices of the occupation authorities against Palestinian women, who have become a daily target for policies of arrest, assault, and torture.

The commission clarified that the arrest of Palestinian women comes within the framework of a systematic targeting policy, where arrest campaigns have begun to affect entire community sectors. Early this morning, occupation forces arrested five activists in community work, none of whom are known for any political activity. This was preceded by the arrest of students from Birzeit University, media professionals, and freed female prisoners.

The number of Palestinian female prisoners in occupation prisons has risen to 99, living in extremely harsh conditions, subjected to beating, torture, humiliation, starvation, and deprivation of the most basic human rights, while the occupation prison administration continues to deliberately inflict the greatest possible psychological and physical harm on them.

The commission demanded the international community and all free people in the world to intervene immediately and exert various forms of pressure on the occupation authorities to stop this systematic policy and not to grant Israel more space to continue targeting Palestinian women and violating their rights.