West Bank & Jerusalem
Israel detained 630 Palestinians in West Bank during July
Graphic: Times of Palestine
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Israel detained 630 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, during July, the Palestinians Prisoners' Society reported Tuesday. The figure encompasses detentions carried out by Israeli forces throughout the month across the territory and the capital.
The prisoners' rights organization documented the detentions as part of its monitoring of Palestinian incarceration by Israeli authorities, according to Middle East Eye. The society did not specify the charges against those detained, their ages, or whether any were held on suspicion of security-related offenses. The announcement marked one in a series of monthly detention reports the organization issues tracking the scale of Palestinian arrests under Israeli control.
