Palestinian researcher, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, stated Saturday that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 312 Palestinians, including dozens of teens, during the month of July.

Farawna added that the soldiers kidnapped 3372 Palestinians since the beginning of this year, among them dozens of women and children. Most of the kidnapped residents are from the West Bank, while hundreds were kidnapped during the war of Gaza. Farawna also said that the Israeli Navy kidnapped dozens of Palestinian fishermen in Palestinian territorial waters in the Gaza Strip. Yet, the researcher stated that July witnessed the least incidents of kidnappings as in comparison to previous months.

He also said that the Israeli army kidnaps Palestinians with the aim to harm different sectors of the society, including but not limited to harming the economy, social life, educational life, in addition to harming the health and psychological conditions of the residents by placing them under extreme conditions and torturing them during interrogation. Farawna added that there are hundreds of Palestinians who are still suffering from health and psychological issues due to abuse and torture they were subjected while imprisoned by Israel. (IMEMC)