Mass arrests come as military points evacuation orders to households within the Nur Shams camp, giving them three hours to depart.
The Israeli army has arrested dozens of Palestinians as a part of an growth of its army operations throughout the occupied West Financial institution.
At the very least 50 individuals have been arrested in in a single day raids, in accordance with the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and the Fee of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, each cited by a report by the Palestinian information company Wafa on Wednesday.
In line with Wafa’s report, the army rounded up individuals for interrogation within the governorates of Hebron, Tulkarem, Qalqilya, Nablus, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Jericho and Tubas.
As a part of the marketing campaign, Israeli troops stormed the Majed Abu Sharar College within the metropolis of Dura close to Hebron and arrested two college students, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Workplace stated on Wednesday.
The brand new arrests introduced the variety of Palestinians detained by the Israeli military within the West Financial institution since October 2023 to greater than 14,500, together with those that have been launched later, in accordance with Palestinian teams.
The determine doesn’t embrace these arrested from the Gaza Strip, whose numbers are estimated to be within the 1000’s.
The mass detentions got here amid Israel’s intensified army offensive within the West Financial institution that started after the Gaza ceasefire was agreed upon a month in the past.
The offensive has seen no less than 62 Palestinians killed and about 40,000 individuals evacuated from the Jenin, Tulkarem and Nur Shams camps within the West Financial institution in a month.
Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner basic of the United Nations’ company for Palestinian refugees, on Wednesday stated the occupied West Financial institution was now a ”battlefield” dealing with an “alarming spillover” of the Gaza conflict.
In the meantime, the Israeli army issued new evacuation orders for the residents of the Nur Shams camp, positioned east of the city of Tulkarem, earlier than the deliberate demolition of 11 residential buildings.
Israeli forces gave the residents simply three hours to evacuate their properties, in accordance with Wafa. Households have been seen leaving their properties carrying the few belongings they have been capable of take.
On Sunday, the Israeli military despatched tanks to the Jenin refugee camp, the first such deployment since its crackdown on the second Intifada in 2002, asserting an “prolonged keep” for the approaching 12 months to battle Palestinian armed teams.
The Palestinian Ministry of International Affairs and Expatriates stated the transfer was a continuation of Israel’s “genocide, displacement and annexation”.
In the meantime, the Palestinian Authority condemned the repeated obstruction of ambulances within the West Financial institution by Israeli forces, accusing them of violating worldwide humanitarian legislation.
Israeli occupation forces intentionally impede an ambulance, blocking its path to the hospital and denying lifesaving medical care. One other flagrant violation of humanitarian legislation and yet one more act of collective punishment towards the defenceless Palestinian individuals. pic.twitter.com/hpWrz9ZYPC
— Authorities Communication Middle (@pal_gcc_en) February 26, 2025
The PA’s governing physique signalled extra hassle to come back forward of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, which is anticipated to begin on Saturday, warning that Israeli authorities have been making ready to “impose unprecedented repressive insurance policies” to additional isolate occupied East Jerusalem and its Palestinian environment.
It stated Israel would place limits on the variety of Muslim worshippers on the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. The army has already deployed 3,000 armed personnel at checkpoints surrounding East Jerusalem and has tightened its grip on 82 army checkpoints.
At the very least 924 Palestinians have been killed and greater than 7,000 injured by the Israeli military within the occupied West Financial institution, in accordance with the Palestinian Ministry of Well being.
In July 2024, the Worldwide Court docket of Justice declared Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian land unlawful and demanded the evacuation of all current settlements within the West Financial institution, together with East Jerusalem.
