Palestinian Authority security forces detain 14 Hamas members: Group

Palestinian faction Hamas has accused the security forces of the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA) of detaining 14 group members in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

In a Thursday statement, Hamas said the members had been detained one day earlier in raids carried out in several West Bank cities.

But Adnan al-Dameri, a spokesman for the PA’s security apparatus, denied allegations that his forces were detaining Palestinians based on “their political affiliations.”

He insisted that PA security forces only detain “those who commit illegal acts.”