RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- The PA security apparatuses under the command of PA chief Mahmoud Abbas launched a new wave of arrests in lines of Hamas supporters in the West Bank over the past 24 hours that included 32 persons.

The arrest campaign, which is launched in retaliation to the Hamas-led government in Gaza's detention of suspects in the Gaza beach bombing, is the biggest for a long period of time.

Among the detainees are the municipal council chairman of Til village, Nablus district, Omar Eshtiye, along with former prisoners in Israeli occupation jails and PA prisons, imams of mosques and the director of the PLO office in Salfit, Sheikh Majed Al-Qadi, in addition to municipal council member Dr. Zuhair Sawalha in Kufr Ra'ee village.

The arrests were made in the districts of Nablus, Qalqilia, Salfit, Ramallah, Jenin and Tobas.

Meanwhile, large numbers of PA security elements stormed the village of Silwad, Ramallah district, at dawn Tuesday, to confiscate "illegal" vehicles.

When confronted by stone throwing youths, the security men used force and fired live bullets wounding seven locals including one in a critical condition after being hit with a bullet in the neck.

The security men also rounded up 15 villagers and confiscated 16 cars.