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Arrests of Palestinians in Occupied West Bank & Jerusalem in July 2025

Ramallah, occupied Palestine – At least 662 arrests were carried out by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank and Jerusalem during July alone, including 39 arrests among children and 12 among women, the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association said today. This brings […]

Global Sumud Flotilla vessels set sail for blockaded Gaza

The first boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla departed Tunisia’s Bizerte Port and Sicily’s Augusta Port towards the Israel-blockaded Gaza Strip on Saturday, organizers said, Anadolu reports. A video shared by organizers showed one aid ship setting sail from Tunisia toward the Palestinian enclave. Activists and journalists, including an Anadolu correspondent, captured the moment of departure […]

How many Palestinian detainees from Gaza does Israel think are fighters?

A new investigation finds that only a quarter of Palestinian detainees in Israel are linked to fighting groups. Israeli military intelligence believes that only a quarter of the Palestinian detainees from Gaza held by Israel are fighters, according to a joint investigation released on Thursday by the Israeli-Palestinian magazine +972, the Hebrew-language magazine Local Call, […]

Omens of destruction. Analysing the legality of forcing Palestinian detainees to witness the destruction of the Gaza Strip

José Manuel Aznar works as a legal consultant in Spain. He holds an LL.M in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights from the Geneva Academy. On Wednesday 20, August 2025, the Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir shared through his telegram channel a video portraying himself in front of a poster showing the destruction […]

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories in 2025: UK and international response

On 18 March 2025, a hostage-ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, a designated terrorist organisation in the UK, ended and armed conflict resumed in Gaza. This briefing provides information on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) since the ending of the agreement, and the UK and international response. It also details […]

Israel detains 662 Palestinians in West Bank, including 39 children and 12 women, in July 2025 – Prisoners’ institutions

RAMALLAH, August 10, 2025 (WAFA) – Palestinian Prisoners’ institutions reported that 662 Palestinians, including 39 children and 12 women, were detained by the israeli occupation in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, during July 2025. The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), and Al Dameer Association for Human Rights stated in a […]

Because of torture and medical negligence: 73 Palestinian prisoners have died in occupation prisons since October 7

The number of Palestinian arrests in the West Bank and occupied Al-Quds from October 7, 2023 to the end of June 2025 reached 23,285. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Media Observatory on Israeli Crimes against Palestinians noted an increase of up to 200 detainees above the monthly average prior to October 7, 2023. It is […]

Israeli authorities issue demolition order for home of Palestinian prisoner’s family in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM, June 30, 2025 (WAFA) – The Israeli-controlled municipality in occupied Jerusalem delivered a demolition order on Monday to the family of Palestinian prisoner Aziz Abu Ramouz, targeting their home in the town of Silwan, under the pretext of “building without a permit.” The home salted for demolition, which has stood for several years, shelters a grieving […]