RAMALLAH, Palestine

Israeli army forces detained 45 more Palestinians in overnight raids in the occupied West Bank, according to prisoners' affairs groups on Monday.

Most of the arrests took place in the town of Dura near Hebron, while the others occurred in Jerusalem, Ramallah, Tulkarm, and Nablus, the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a joint statement.

The new arrests brought the number of Palestinians detained by Israeli forces in the West Bank to 8,145 since Oct 7, 2023.

Tensions have been high across the West Bank since Israel launched a deadly military offensive against the Gaza Strip after a cross-border attack by Hamas last October.

At least 459 Palestinians have since been killed and around 4,750 others injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied territory, according to the Health Ministry.

Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, which in an interim ruling in January ordered Tel Aviv to stop genocidal acts and take measures to guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza, where nearly 33,200 people have been killed.

*Writing by Mohammad Sio in Istanbul