The Israeli occupation army said Monday that it has arrested 25 Hamas members midnight in the West Bank, among them three parliamentarians according to sources in the Islamist movement.

The Israeli occupation army said Monday that it has arrested 25 Hamas members midnight in the West Bank, among them three parliamentarians according to sources in the resistance movement.

The army said that "overnight 25 Palestinians were arrested all over the West Bank," but did not provide details.

AFP quoted sources in Hamas as saying that “20 senior Hamas members were arrested in the West Bank, among them three parliament members."

Hamas said they are Hatem Kafisha and Mohammad Al-Tal, detained in Al-Khalil, and Ahmad Atoun, detained in Ramallah.

AFP also quoted security sources as saying that “Israel plans to step up arrests of suspected militants in the West Bank to prevent a rising tide of low-intensity conflict and civil unrest from turning into an uprising.”