Sources close to the Hamas movement reported that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to Fateh movement, arrested on Thursday ten members and supporters of Hamas in several West Bank districts.The sources stated that in Bethlehem, Palestinian Security Forces arrested Ahmas Sami, Mahmoud Theeb, Yasser Ali Hussein Abu Rmees, Sami Abu Rmees, Mohammad Zaghal, Kanaan Abu Eeda, Ziad Obeyyat and Sakhr Dweib. All are from Za’tara village near Bethlehem, and were arrested after being ordered to head to a security center in Bethlehem for questioning.

In Tulkarem district, in the northern part of the West Bank, security forces arrested Ehab Qa’dan, from Dir Al Ghsoun village.

Moreover, families of prisoners at Palestinian prisons in Tulkarem, stated that their detained sons were tortured and some of them were hospitalized after torture and were sent back to prison.