The Israeli detention of Palestinians continued late Monday night and Tuesday morning throughout several cities in the West Bank despite the fact that no attacks have emanated from there in over a year, and despite the ongoing peace talks in which prisoner(s) held by both sides remain a key issue.
Their assault on the city of Jenin left several wounded, including two sisters in their twenties, and the detainment of two people for unknown charges. This, only days after an operation in Jenin in which the IDF entered into the ‘Martyrs Cemetery’ reportedly digging up graves.
Tuesday also saw the arrest of five West Bank residents of Bethlehem’s Dehaisha refugee camp and an unspecified number of others were evacuated to hospitals for the beatings received at the hands of the IDF. In total, the early morning raids resulted in the arrest and detainment of 19 Palestinians according to the Israeli military.
Since the 1967 War and the ensuing occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, over 650,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israel – approximately 20% of the total Palestinian population in the Occupied Territories. In April of 2007, the number of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons climbed to over 11,000 - 104 of which are women and 375 of which are children. There is currently one Israeli prisoner held by the de-facto government in the Gaza Strip.
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