20 February 2017•Update: 20 February 2017
By Kaamil Ahmed
JERUSALEM
Israeli forces have arrested 22 Palestinians in overnight raids in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military said in a Monday statement.
Arrests were carried out across the territory, according to the statement, with six of the detainees being linked to Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.
The army did not provide the political affiliations of the other detainees.
The army frequently carries out overnight raids in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
According to official Palestinian estimates, there are currently some 7,000 Palestinians languishing in prisons throughout Israel.
