Israeli forces have arrested five men from Silwad and Birzeit, two towns near Ramallah, according to the Wafa news agency.

Another man was arrested in Biddya, near Salfit, two men from Beit Ijza, northwest of Jerusalem, three others from Tulkarem, three more from the Bethlehem governorate and one man from Burqa, north of Nablus.

More than 9,000 have been arrested since October 7 — 300 of them women and 635 children — a tally by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society shows.

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Updated 01 Aug, 2026

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