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More Palestinian people, including women, were detained by Israeli forces as they tried to move south on Thursday compared to previous days, a monitoring team belonging to the UN’s humanitarian agency (OCHA) has reported.
In its latest update on the conflict, OCHA said that the team had documented family accounts of women being detained for hours or even days before being released. There were also cases of unaccompanied children and separated families moving south.
Israeli forces have been arresting some people as they move down the main traffic artery between north and south, Salah Ad Deen road, which has been designated a “corridor” by Israel, which has been urging people to leave the north, OCHA reported. It added:
IDPs [internally displaced persons] interviewed by OCHA reported that Israeli forces had established an unstaffed checkpoint where people are directed from a distance to pass through two structures, where a surveillance system is thought to be installed.
IDPs are ordered to show their IDs and undergo what appears to be a facial recognition scan.
