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NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Sunday held the head of the Nablus police department for more than an hour near the entrance of Hijja village west of Nablus, security sources told Ma'an.

They said that Israeli troops stopped Abdul-Latif al-Qaddumi on his way to Nablus police station in central Nablus and held him for more than an hour before releasing the police officer officer.

Last month Israeli forces detained Palestinian police officer Tayseer Ahmad Muhammad Abu Eisha 40 from Beit Wazan village west of Nablus after raiding his home.

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem are routinely arrested by Israeli military forces, usually on the pretext of security questioning.

Nearly 6,000 Palestinian prisoners are currently being held in Israeli jails, including seven Palestinian Legislative Council members, according to prisoners' rights group Addameer.