The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday evening kidnaped senior Hamas official Najeh Asi from his home in Ramallah.
Asi is one of Hamas’s election candidates and spokesman for its candidate list in the West Bank.
Earlier on the same day the IOF arrested 25 Palestinians in overnight raids across the West Bank.
Among those detained were prominent members of the Hamas Movement.
Hamas has described the arrests of some of its leaders and members in recent weeks as “an attempt to disrupt and stop the course of the elections.”
Palestinians will vote in a legislative election slated for May 22. At least three members of the slate of Hamas candidates for the election have been detained in recent weeks.
