The Detainees and ex-Detainees Affairs Committee said that Israeli occupation forces have arrested 6,059 Palestinians, including children, since the beginning of 2014 from various West Bank districts, with two arrest cases reported on Sunday.
Head of the Committee’s statistics department Abd al-Nasir Farawneh said since the beginning of 2014 Israeli forces conducted daily arrest campaigns against all age groups; children were no exception.
He explained that the scale of arrests increased significantly following the alleged kidnapping of three settlers on June 12; an average of 505 arrest cases were reported each month, almost 17 arrest cases daily.
Farawneh revealed statistics which show that the rate of arrests in 2014 is higher by 56% from rate documented in 2013, higher than that in 2012 by 57.5%, and higher by 83% than in 2011; which indicates a significant rise in arrest numbers recorded annually during the past four years.
According to Farawneh, all detainees were subjected to different forms of physiological or physical torture in violation of the international humanitarian law and human rights law.
Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, stated that the number of sick prisoners detained in Israeli jails have reached 1,500, of whom 80 prisoners are suffering from serious health problems and do not receive the necessary medical treatment.
He explained that they suffer from malignant diseases, paralysis, and disabilities, in addition to cases of mental illness and neurological disorder.
In a related topic, Israeli forces stormed the town of Halhoul to the north of Hebron and arrested Iyad al-Saadi, 18, and Thaer a-Zamareh after raiding and searching their families’ homes.
Forces also set up a military checkpoint at the entrance of al-Fawwar refugee camp to the south, stopping Passing Palestinian vehicles and checking their Identity cards.
