Hebron: The Israeli army detained at least 30 Palestinians in military raids across the occupied West Bank, prisoners' affairs groups said on Tuesday. In a joint statement, the Palestinian Prisoner Society and the Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated that the arrests were part of 'systematic collective punishment' under Israel's ongoing war.

According to Anadolu Agency, the statement indicated that the raids included field interrogations and were concentrated in Al-Fawwar refugee camp in Hebron, with others occurring in Ramallah, Bethlehem, Nablus, Tubas, Salfit, Tulkarem, and Qalqilya. Among those detained were three former prisoners from Qalqilya who had been released in the most recent prisoner swap earlier this year.

The groups emphasized that the re-arrest of freed prisoners, particularly those released in swaps, reflects 'a deliberate policy aimed at keeping them under constant threat and persecution, in clear violation of the deal.' Since the start of Israel's war on Gaza and the West Bank on Oct. 7, 2023, over 18,000 Palestinians have been detained in the West Bank alone.

Israel is currently holding around 10,800 Palestinians in its prisons, including approximately 450 children, 50 women, and 3,629 administrative detainees, based on official Palestinian figures. These numbers do not include the thousands of cases of enforced disappearance of detainees from Gaza.

At least 1,009 Palestinians have been killed and more than 7,000 injured in the West Bank by Israeli forces and illegal settlers since October 2023, as reported by the Palestinian Health Ministry. In a landmark opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory illegal, demanding the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.