The Palestinian sources said that the Israeli forces arrested Hamas lawmaker Sameer Al-Qadi from his home in the village of Soureef, to the north of Hebron.

The sources said that Al-Qadi was arrested in 2006 alongside dozens of Hamas officials following the kidnapping of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

According to the sources, Al-Qadi was released after serving three years term in Israeli jails. The Hamas officials were “bargaining chips” Israel hoped to use as leverage in the efforts to secure the release of Shalit. Israel is holding 14 Hamas legislators and 3 from other Palestinian factions.

Meanwhile, the Israeli forces arrested seven other Palestinians in Qalqilyah and Bethlehem areas. Israeli security sources said that they were handed over to Israeli intelligence for questioning.

In a separate development, the Jerusalem Magistrates’ Court has remanded until Sunday the arrest of a Jewish occupier accused of murdering a Palestinian youth from the West Bank village of Iraq Burin in January.

Israeli Army Radio said that the occupier, from the Jewish settlement of Alon Shvut, has been released under house arrest after posting bail.

The occupier shot to death 17-year-old Odai Qadous after clashes broke out between the shooter and a group of rock-throwing Palestinians.

However, the occupier claimed that he carried out the shooting in self defense. The Jewish occupiers carried several attacks in the last months against Iraq Bourin and other Palestinian cities and villages as part of the their “price tag” policy, intended to pressure the Israeli government away from making concessions regarding settlement building in the West Bank.