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NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces late Tuesday arrested a Palestinian student north of Ramallah, security sources said.

Palestinian security sources told Ma'an that Israeli soldiers arrested 20-year-old Eyhab Khaled Atiyani, claiming he carried a knife as he approached an Israeli military base near the illegal settlement of Beit El.

An Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately return calls seeking comment.

Atiyani is a student of medicine at al-Quds university in Abu Dis.