65 Palestinian students arrested by Israel in occupied West Bank this year: Rights group

Israel has arrested 65 Palestinian high school students in the occupied West Bank since the start of 2026, including four detained since final exams began this month, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. The arrests were part of “an ongoing Israeli escalation targeting Palestinian students and depriving them of their right to education,” the nongovernmental group said in a statement. The rights group said a student was placed under administrative detention, while another was shot and wounded before being arrested. “Since the beginning of the genocide in Gaza, Israeli forces have escalated arrest campaigns targeting students across various educational levels, as part of broader arrest operations that have affected tens of thousands of Palestinians,” the group […]