Palestinian Authority security forces have arrested 80 members of the Hamas movement from locations across the West Bank in the last 24 hours a statement from the party issued on Wednesday said.

The statement noted that the arrests occurred in ten of the eleven districts in the West Bank, including Nablus, Jenin, Salfit, Hebron, Tulkarem, Bethlehem, Ramallah, Jericho, Qalqiliya and Tubas. The statement included the names of 50 alleged supporters, which could not all be independently verified by Ma'an.

Hamas has accused the Palestinian Authority of increasing its harassment and detention of Hamas affiliates in an effort to prohibit celebrations of the Islamic movement's 22nd anniversary, which was on Sunday.

The Palestinian Authority did not immediately comment on the charges.