Israeli occupation forces arrested three Palestinians from Jericho and the Jordan Valley on Thursday..

According to local sources, these forces arrested the ex-prisoner, Sami Mahmoud Abdel-Fattah Atta, from the Aqabat Jabr camp, and the two young men, Hani Bassem Arinat, and Ali Yasser Ta'amra, from the town of Al-Auja.

Later in the day, Israeli troops searched a number of Palestinian homes in the Arab al-Malehat community, northwest of Jericho.

According to local sources, the soldiers were accompanied by settlers.