The Israeli forces took Monther Mashaqi, 24, as a prisoner in an invasion to the village of Yassed, north of the West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday.

Soldiers surrounded Mashaqi after invading the village, then ransacked and searched his house before taking him to an unknown location, eyewitnesses reported.

Mashaqi, has been arrested several times before for his activism and political work in Al Najah National University in Nablus from where he graduated with a degree in engineering.