Full Analysis Summary
Ramadan arrests in West Bank
Israeli forces have detained more than 100 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since the start of Ramadan, with arrests reported to include women, children and former detainees, according to Palestinian prisoner groups and regional press.
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society and the Palestinian Prisoners Center reported the wave of detentions and said they occurred in most West Bank governorates, including Jerusalem, and often coincided with intensified military raids and settler violence.
Coverage situates these Ramadan arrests within a wider pattern of escalated operations across the West Bank since October 2023.
Coverage Differences
Scale framing
Sources differ on how they frame the immediate arrests: Qatar news agency (Other) and خبرگزاری اطلس (Other) emphasize the "more than 100" arrests since Ramadan with language stressing repression; Al-Jazeera Net (West Asian) places these raids in a broader pattern of settler attacks and military operations; Middle East Eye (Western Alternative) focuses less on the single-Ramadan figure and more on overall incarceration numbers in Israeli prisons.
Tone
Qatar news agency uses forceful language reported from Palestinian groups (describing intensified repression and calling the wider campaign part of a 'war of genocide'), while Al-Jazeera and Middle East Eye report allegations from human-rights groups and newspapers with more attribution to those reports.
Gaza arrests and detentions
Different sources provide contrasting figures and timeframes for the wider toll of arrests and detentions since the Gaza campaign began.
Some outlets report that more than 22,000 Palestinians have been detained since the start of the Gaza war, while others highlight that about 9,300 people are currently held in Israeli prisons (including children and women).
Those differences reflect varying emphases — total arrests since October 2023 versus current prison populations — and different institutional sources (Palestinian prisoner groups, human-rights reports, and media quoting Israeli newspapers).
Coverage Differences
Numerical contradiction
Al-Jazeera Net (West Asian) and خبرگزاری اطلس (Other) cite 'about 22,000' arrests since the start of the Gaza campaign, whereas Middle East Eye (Western Alternative) and Al-Jazeera also report 'more than 9,300' currently held — a discrepancy that appears to be about total arrests over time versus current detainee counts.
Scope
Some sources report cumulative arrests ('since the start of the Gaza war') while others report current incarceration figures ('are currently held in Israeli prisons'), indicating different statistical scopes rather than direct numerical contradiction.
Detention rights allegations
Human-rights allegations about conditions in detention are prominent across the sources.
Reports cite alleged starvation, denial of communal prayer and access to religious texts, torture, medical neglect and deaths among detainees.
Middle East Eye frames these claims as coming from rights groups.
Al-Jazeera attributes them to "Palestinian and Israeli human‑rights reports."
These allegations are echoed by regional outlets that document both prison conditions and field interrogation practices during raids.
Coverage Differences
Attribution
Middle East Eye (Western Alternative) explicitly states 'A rights group says' when reporting allegations of starvation and denied prayer; Al-Jazeera Net (West Asian) attributes similar claims to 'Palestinian and Israeli human‑rights reports'; Qatar news agency (Other) frames actions as part of a policy of repression and quotes Palestinian groups directly—differences that affect how forcefully the claims are presented.
Severity language
Qatar news agency records Palestinian groups using the phrase 'war of genocide' to describe the wider campaign; other outlets report allegations of torture and deaths but attribute those claims to rights groups or reports, leading to different perceived severity depending on the source.
Settler violence and raids
Reports emphasize settler violence, demolitions and forced displacement alongside Israeli military operations.
Al-Jazeera Net provides detailed local examples, including raids on Bedouin communities, burned agricultural structures and families forced to dismantle tents.
Al-Jazeera Net quotes Haaretz and human-rights groups on demolitions and a national guard "operating without controls, oversight or law."
Regional outlets and prisoner groups link the uptick in raids and arrests to these settler-driven incidents and say operations frequently involve live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas.
Coverage Differences
Local detail
Al-Jazeera Net (West Asian) provides named local incidents and quotes Haaretz on demolitions and the national guard; Qatar news agency (Other) and خبرگزاری اطلس (Other) emphasize the pattern of raids and arrests and frame settler attacks as cover for broader operations; Middle East Eye (Western Alternative) focuses more on overall casualty and injury statistics tied to army and settler actions since October 2023.
Attribution
Al-Jazeera attributes local incidents to named communities and cites Haaretz; Qatar news agency and خبرگزاری اطلس report Palestinian groups' explanations linking settler attacks with arrest campaigns—differences that reflect editorial choices about sourcing and emphasis.
Ramadan arrests coverage
Taken together, the sources present consistent reporting that Ramadan has seen an uptick in arrests affecting women, children and communities in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
They differ in scale, emphasis and language, ranging from rights-based allegations of torture and starvation to political characterizations such as "collective punishment" or "war of genocide".
Where figures or characterizations conflict or vary, the divergence often reflects different statistical scopes—current detainees versus cumulative arrests—and editorial choices about attribution and severity.
These disagreements are visible across reporting by the Qatar news agency (Other), Middle East Eye (Western Alternative), Al-Jazeera Net (West Asian) and خبرگزاری اطلس (Other).
Coverage Differences
Narrative framing
Qatar news agency and خبرگزاری اطلس (both Other) present Palestinian groups' strong political language (e.g., 'war of genocide', 'collective punishment'); Middle East Eye (Western Alternative) and Al-Jazeera Net (West Asian) report human-rights allegations with attribution, and Al-Jazeera provides local incidents and quotes Israeli press—demonstrating divergent editorial framing across source types.
Unclear figures
The sources do not provide a single reconciled detainee count: some cite 'more than 100' Ramadan arrests, others report 'more than 9,300' currently held, and others say 'about 22,000' detained since the Gaza campaign began — the articles do not reconcile these different measures.