Israel arrests 100 Palestinians in a week as West Bank pogroms continue

What the report says

Israeli forces detained more than 100 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank over the past week, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), as Al Jazeera reported on Thursday, September 10, 2026. The detainees reportedly included children, journalists and Ahmad al-Sayfi, a former prisoner who had recently been released in a prisoner exchange deal. PPS said the arrests were part of a broader escalation in detention operations across the territory.

In its statement, the rights group alleged that raids involved home searches, property damage, field interrogations, threats against relatives and, in some cases, physical assaults. It also said families were sometimes detained to pressure other relatives, and that some homes were occupied temporarily for military use. Al Jazeera’s report also cited claims of settler attacks on Palestinians and their property, including road blockades and assaults, carried out with Israeli protection.

The article described several separate incidents across the West Bank. Palestinian news agency Wafa said 15 Palestinians were arrested in Burqa near Nablus during a six-hour dawn raid, while two men were detained in Beitunia near Ramallah after a special forces operation. Israeli military statements, as quoted by the report, said at least 20 Palestinians were arrested in the Arroub refugee camp on suspicion of planning attacks.

The coverage also noted rising tension around occupied East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound ahead of Jewish holidays, with Palestinian officials warning of possible changes to the site’s status. More broadly, PPS said tens of thousands of Palestinians have been detained since the war began in October 2023, underscoring the scale of arrests and the wider conflict in the occupied territories.