DUBAI, December 1. /TASS/. Israel’s security operatives have detained 3,390 Palestinians in the West Bank since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict escalated, Al Jazeera reported.

According to its information, only on Wednesday and Thursday, 40 Palestinians were detained in the West Bank. The media outlet noted that human rights activists had highlighted the instances of torture and vandalism against the Palestinians and their homes.

Tensions flared up again in the Middle East on October 7 when militants from the Gaza-based Palestinian radical group Hamas staged a surprise incursion into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip. Hamas described its attack as a response to the aggressive actions of Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. In response, Israel has announced a total blockade of the Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million Palestinians, and has begun delivering air strikes on the enclave and certain parts of Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are underway in the West Bank as well.