Members of Israeli security forces patrol along a street during a military raid in the neighbourhood of Kafr Aqab near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. AFP
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the arrests took place in the governorates of Jenin, Nablus, Qalqilya, Tulkarm, Ramallah, and occupied East Jerusalem.
Among those detained were former prisoner Zahra Khadraj and her daughter Yaqin, as well as a woman from the Qalandiya refugee camp, whom the PPS said was taken as a hostage during the raids. Several other former detainees were also rearrested, the group added.
The PPS said Israeli forces have sharply escalated detention campaigns and on-the-spot interrogations since the beginning of the year, describing the pace as unprecedented. It accused Israel of using arrests as a form of collective punishment against Palestinians.
According to the group, former prisoners—including those released under previous exchange agreements—have been repeatedly targeted. The rearrest of Khadraj, from Qalqilya, was described as part of a systematic policy that undermines past release deals and signals that freed detainees remain subject to pursuit.
The PPS also said women have increasingly been targeted through night raids, detention as hostages, and what it described as harsh interrogation methods, calling this a “dangerous escalation” in the use of arrests as pressure tactics.
Palestinian groups say Israeli forces carry out daily arrest operations across the West Bank. The PPS estimates that over 21,000 Palestinians have been detained since the outbreak of Israel's genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023.
Separately, the Palestinian Detainees’ Affairs Commission said conditions inside Israel’s Negev prison were “extremely harsh”.
In a statement Tuesday, the commission said prisoners reported frequent beatings, insults, and repeated searches, with many transferred to solitary confinement cells daily.
Food rations were described as minimal, with prisoners allegedly limited to a single plate and cup per meal, alongside the imposition of financial penalties.
The commission also raised concern over the health of detainee Mu’min Husam al-Din Touqan, 36, from Jenin, who was arrested in July 2025. It said he is suffering from scabies and widespread fungal infections, has lost around 15 kilograms due to malnutrition, and is being denied medical treatment, including painkillers.
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