The health ministry says that 15 Palestinians were detained by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank last night and this morning, bringing the total number to 5,835 since October 7, Al Jazeera reports.

Those detained include a number of family members of the three Palestinians killed in Hebron. The arrests were concentrated in the Bethlehem governorate, while the rest of the arrests took place in Hebron and Jenin.

In addition to the arrests, Israeli forces also carried out various break-ins and harassment, as well as vandalism and destruction inside houses, and severely beat up those arrested and their families.

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