Over 10,000 Palestinians detained in West Bank since October

Palestinian prisoner advocacy groups are reporting that Israeli forces detained 10,400 from the occupied West Bank since 7 October.

The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission, the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) and Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, said in a statement that the figure includes 725 children, 400 women and 98 journalists.

They added that Israeli authorities had issued or renewed over 8872 orders since 7 October, including orders against women and children.

According to the statement, Israeli authorities have identified 24 detainees who died in custody since October, adding that many more were likely to have died in detention or by extrajudicial killing in Gaza, but the military does not disclose these figures.