# Israel numbers Palestinian detainees’ foreheads: What we know

https://mins.news/en/item/26333

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-19 14:48 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/19/israel-numbers-palestinian-detainee-foreheads-what-we-know?traffic_source=rss

> The Israeli army confirmed that soldiers wrote numbers on the foreheads of Palestinian detainees during a raid on Qabatiya in the occupied West Bank. Ahmad al-Hathnawi, one of those marked, described the act as intimidation. The report also details escalating raids, settler violence and a siege of the village of Qusra.

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