Israeli forces arrest West Bank mayor

Israeli forces on Wednesday arrested the mayor of Bruqin, west of Salfit in the West Bank, the latest in a string of arrests targeting Palestinian officials since August, according to Palestinian media.

Al Jazeera Arabic, quoting Palestinian sources, reported that Israeli forces arrested several young men along with the secretary of the Fatah movement. 

Israeli forces on Saturday had arrested Ibrahim Asi, the mayor of a northern West Bank town Qarawat Bani Hassan, near the city of Salfit. Asi was the fifth Palestinian mayor to be arrested in the occupied West Bank.

Since 23 August, Israeli forces have also detained Amin Abu Alia, the mayor of al-Mughayyir; Tayseer Abu Sneineh, mayor of Hebron; Nafiz Hammoudeh, mayor of Qubeiba and Abdul Fattah Abu Ali, mayor of Silat al-Zahr.