Israel arrests 20 Palestinians in occupied West Bank raids

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Israel’s military has arrested 20 Palestinians, including two children and two former prisoners, in raids throughout the occupied West Bank since Tuesday evening, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, Al Jazeera reports.

Most arrests took place in Hebron governorate, while others were in the governorates of Tulkarem, Bethlehem, Qalqilya and Jerusalem, according to the Prisoner’s Society.

This brings the total number of Israeli arrests in the West Bank since October 7 to 8,745, according to the group.

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