Israel arrested 540 Palestinians from West Bank and Jerusalem in October, officials say

Israeli forces arrested 540 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem during the month of October, including 8 women and 39 children, the Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office said on Thursday. 

The office said that the total number of Palestinian detainees from October 2023 exceeded 19,300, including 600 women and 1,540 children. 

Of these, over 9,250 Palestinians are being held in Israeli custody currently, Palestinian prisoners' rights groups reported.

The organisations said that the majority are administrative detainees held without trial, adding that the figure does not include detainees held in Israeli military camps.

They also reported that 1,242 of those held are sentenced prisoners, of which 49 are women and 350 are children.