Qassam Muaddi

“When I left prison, I left a part of me behind, with my cell mates, and today I am reliving those moments", a former Palestinian woman prisoner said.

As death toll of Palestinians due to Israeli bombings on Gaza continues to rise, Palestinian churches and traditionally-Christian cities call off Christmas celebrations this year, in mourning and protest against Israel's assault.

Palestinian death toll by Israeli forces in the West Bank continues to rise since the 7 of October. Between Friday and Saturday, Israeli forces killed 12 Palestinians, as Israel's arrest campaign in the West Bank reached 2800 Palestinians detained.

Another Palestinian prisoner has died in Israeli jails, the fifth since 7 October, and is believed to have been tortured to death by Israeli forces.

As of 6 October, 76 Palestinians out of the more than 240 Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank since the start of the year by Israeli forces were killed in Jenin; since 7 October, the Israeli army and settlers have killed 186 Palestinians.

Unrest brews in the West Bank after the US secretary of state met Palestinian president in Ramallah on Sunday while Israel continues its military offensive on Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel's West Bank ramp-up killed 14 Palestinians in the last 48 hours.

"They fired shots to the ground around us and beat us with thick batons, on my knee and elbow, and they broke my wife's arm", a Palestinian victim said. "We ran to the car and drove back to the town, leaving behind the harvest and the tools".

As Israeli bombing of Gaza continues, Israeli forces ramp up crackdown on Palestinians in the West Bank. According to experts, as an attempt to prevent an explosion of Palestinian activism, linked to Gaza events.

According to human rights groups and Palestinian prisoners' families, Israeli authorities have dramatically reduced electricity and water in Israeli jail sections where Palestinians are being held.

The Union of Arab Workers in Israel demanded that Israeli authorities provide information on around 18 thousand Gazans working in Israel when the war began. The number of workers forcibly transferred to the West Bank is still unknown.