The escalation in arrests, particularly targeting children, former prisoners and elected lawmakers, reflects the continued use of detention as a tool of repression and collective punishment, the office said.
Israel has intensified its military aggression in the occupied West Bank since launching its genocidal war on Gaza on October 8 2023, including killings, arrests, forced displacement and settlement expansion, a trajectory Palestinians say is aimed at paving the way for the formal annexation of the occupied territory.
More than 1,112 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, around 11,500 wounded and more than 21,000 detained since, according to Palestinian estimates.