Israeli armed forces have arrested nearly 2,500 Palestinians over the past six months, including children and women, according to a Palestinian official.
Approximately 2,478 Palestinians have been kidnapped by the Israeli army within the time bracket of January 1 to June 30 this year, said Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, head of the Census Department of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees.
This is while 600 people have so far been detained following the disappearance of three Israeli settlers 20 days ago.
Among the nearly 2,500 arrested Palestinians, more than 400 were children and 39 were women, official data indicate.
Figures also show a 27-percent increase in arrests by Israeli forces compared to the same period last year, said the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees.
On Tuesday, Amnesty International (AI) lashed out at Israel for its aggression against Palestinians over the case of three Israeli settlers.
The rights group said Tel Aviv’s ongoing operations against Palestinians in the West Bank are in blatant violation of international humanitarian law.
Israeli forces have killed several Palestinians and arrested hundreds of others, including Hamas members and lawmakers, as part of the military operations purportedly in search of three settlers, who Israel claimed had gone missing in al-Khalil (Hebron) on June 12.
On Monday, the bodies of the Israeli teenagers were found in a field near the village of Hilhul, north of the city of al-Khalil in the West Bank.
Tel Aviv claims the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, is responsible for the death of the three. Hamas rejects the allegation.
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