The Israeli military has arrested at least 16 Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank in the early hours of this morning, the Wafa news agency reports.

The majority of the arrests took place in Bethlehem governorate, where Israeli forces arrested 10 people from different areas, including six people from Aida camp north of the city of Bethlehem.

Two people were also arrested from the village of Artas, one was arrested from town of Nahalin, and another from the village of Husan.

Israeli forces have also arrested two brothers from the city of Nablus, two men from the town of Silat ad-Dhahr and the village of al-Fandaqumiya, south of Jenin, and two men from the town of Silwad, east of Ramallah.