RAMALLAH, Palestine

The Israeli forces rounded up 25 more Palestinians in the West Bank on Wednesday, taking the tally to 4,630 since Oct. 7, according to prisoners’ affairs groups.  

The new arrests took place in the cities of Nablus, Tulkarm, Salfit, Tubas, Ramallah, Bethlehem and East Jerusalem, the Commission for Detainees and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a joint statement.

The figure of detainees does not include those arrested by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, the statement said.

“The arrests were marked by harassment, severe beatings, and threats against detainees and their families, along with acts of sabotage and destruction in the homes of Palestinians,” the statement added.

Tensions have been running high across the West Bank amid an Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by Hamas on Oct. 7.

At least 302 Palestinians have been killed and more than 3,100 others injured in the occupied territory since then, according to Palestinian figures.  

*Writing by Mohammad Sio