Nearly 7,000 Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli occupation forces in the occupied Palestinian Territories in 2022, according to a joint report issued today by prisoner advocacy groups.

According to the report, a total of 6,000 arrests of Palestinians by Israeli occupation forces were documented in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, while another 2,000 cases were documented in the 1948-occupied territories.
Meanwhile, a total of 882 Palestinian children and 172 women were arrested by the Israeli occupation authorities during the reporting period, the report says.