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JERUSALEM, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Israeli security forces arrested four Palestinian men on Sunday night for manufacturing and selling illegal weapons in the West Bank, the Israeli Security Agency said in a statement on Monday.
The four Palestinians were arrested outside of Nablus in the West Bank in a joint operation, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Shin Bet Security Agency.
Two of those arrested were members of the Palestinian security services, the statement said.
The two, Assem Najah Sharif Safadi and Ali Najah Shariif Safadi, are both intelligence officers in the Palestinian Authority security services, residing in the Palestinian village of Urif near Nablus.
In the overnight operation, Israeli security forces recovered carl gustav submachine guns, pistols and parts of an M-16 assault rifle, as well as ammunition, according to a Shin Bet statement.
Such overnight operations have become quite common, after 10 months of ongoing violence which has claimed the lives of 34 Israelis and 215 Palestinians.
Israel accuses the Palestinian Authority of inciting violence, whereas the Palestinians say it is the result of 49 years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, where they wish to establish their own state. 
