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QALQILIYA (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Friday detained a Palestinian Authority security officer in a village near Qalqiliya in the northern West Bank.

Israeli soldiers raided Kafr Thulth at dawn and arrested Maj. Mahmud Shawahneh, Palestinian security officials told Ma'an.

Shawahneh, 40, is an officer in the Preventive Security Service.

An Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma'an that soldiers arrested two Palestinians early Friday in the Qalqiliya and Ramallah districts. They were taken for security questioning, she said.