Thousands of Palestinians taken in war raids in Gaza
ISRAELI forces have seized more than 7,000 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza since the bloody war with Hamas began on October 7.
The prisoners were lifted at their homes, arrested at military checkpoints or forced to surrender whilst fighting in Gaza, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society.
Their figures show that about 2,000 of the prisoners are being held without charge and about a third of those lined up for possible hostage swaps are under the age of 18.
Of the 300 most recently listed as possible releases the majority are children seized for throwing stones at Israeli security forces.
The figures were released after 12 more people were seized in the West Bank, and another
133 Palestinians were killed in Gaza.
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The fresh fatalities have taken the death toll in
Gaza to 28,473 since the war began on October 7, 70% of them women and children.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has said the government is considering bringing children injured in Gaza to the UK for medical care.
In the House of Lords, he said: “We are looking very closely at this – is it possible to take the people in greatest need and bring them to British hospitals?”
Of more than 68,000 people wounded in Gaza, 11,000 need urgent evacuation for treatment.
South Africa has lodged an “urgent request” with the International Court of Justice, claiming Israel’s targeting of Rafah breaches provisional orders handed down in the genocide case last month.
Shihin in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel was bombed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s forces yesterday amid ongoing tensions.