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LONDON: In October, Israeli forces detained 442 Palestinians throughout the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, according to Palestinian prisoners’ organizations.

Most detentions occurred in the Bethlehem governorate, south of the West Bank, including three women and 33 children.

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, and Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association reported that widespread field interrogations in various parts of the West Bank accompanied Israeli raids and arrests.

The organizations reported last week that over 9,250 prisoners and detainees are in Israeli occupation prisons, mostly held without charge or trial under administrative detention or pending investigation.

The figure does not include detainees arrested from the Gaza Strip and held in detention camps, including the infamous Sde Teiman site.

The exchange of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli hostages and bodies was one of the primary terms for the Israel-Hamas ceasefire in October. Prominent Palestinian political and military figures have passed through the gates of Israeli prisons since 1967, including former Hamas chief militant Yahya Sinwar and Palestinian Vice President Hussein Al-Sheikh.