As part of its politically motivated arrest campaigns the Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces have kidnapped four citizens in the West Bank and persisted in detaining others illegally.

In Tulkarem soldiers from the PA preventive security apparatus kidnapped at dawn two citizens identified as Mustafa Odeh and Ahmed al-Khafsh both ex-detainees after storming their homes.

According to local sources Ahmed al-Khafsh announced his intention to go on open-ended hunger strike to protest his detention with no guilt.

A few days ago the same security apparatus kidnapped an ex-detainee called Malek Qadous.

In Ramallah the PA intelligence agency kidnapped at dawn another ex-detainee called Yousef Abu Adi.

In the context of their security cooperation with the Israeli occupation state the Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces have kidnapped four Palestinian citizens including an ex-detainee and two university students and summoned another for interrogation.

In Nablus the PA preventive security forces kidnapped Farouk Obaisi an ex-detainee in PA and Israeli jails after he was summoned for interrogation on Wednesday afternoon.

In Tulkarem the preventive security forces kidnapped a university student called Omar Sari after he left a Mosque on Tuesday evening.

The PA intelligence apparatus for its part kidnapped in Jenin a young man called Mohamed Jalamna after he responded to a summons for interrogation on Wednesday morning.

The same security apparatus also kidnapped a university student in al-Khalil called Osama Abu Awwad after interrogating him.

Another citizen identified as Anas Qafisha also received a summons ordering him to go to the headquarters of the PA preventive security in al-Khalil for interrogation next Thursday.