The Israeli forces have arrested at least 12 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since yesterday, according to a statement by prisoners’ groups, Al Jazeera reports.

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said the arrests took place across the governorates of Ramallah, Hebron, Tubas, Qalqilya and Tubas as well as the occupied East Jerusalem.

The number of arrests by Israeli forces of Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since Israel’s onslaught on Gaza began has surpassed 11,900, the report said.

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