Hamas said on Thursday that Abbas militia affiliated to the Fatah-led government based in the West Bank have arrested eight Hamas members on Thursday. Hamas said in a statement that the security forces arrested Sheikh Zuhair Libbada, a who suffers a chronic illnesses, and his son Rashid in the city of Nablus. Three more Hamas members have been detained in the Nablus region. According Hamas' statement, the rest of the arrestees were from Tulkarem and Jenin in the northern West Bank.