They also abducted 11 members of a "Tanzim" cell linked to Fatah movement, who were allegedly accused of shooting dead five Israelis near Al-Khalil (Hebron) in the southern West Bank, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).

The Israeli occupation army also abducted two fighters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) near Bethlehem, Israeli security sources told AFP.

Sweiss, 38, was caught inside his brothers' downtown supermarket in Tulkarem by Israeli special forces dressed in civilian clothing, Palestinian witnesses told AFP.

Sweiss is on Israel's wanted list.

His resistance movement's military wing has claimed numerous anti-Israeli retaliatory attacks.

An Israeli army source confirmed the abduction, saying Sweiss had been taken away for questioning.

South of Al-Khalil, the Israeli army and internal security service Shin Beth further abducted an 11-member Tanzim cell near the village of Yatta.

The men were accused of carrying out retaliatory attacks against Israelis between February and October that left five Israelis dead.

They were also charged with planning several more operations including an attack in occupied Jerusalem, the Israeli army said in a statement.

To the north in the village of Hussan, near Bethlehem, Israeli forces abducted two PFLP fighters in their early twenties, Palestinian security officials told AFP.

An Israeli army spokesman said the two were abducted "over suspicions of involvement in terror attacks and taken away for further questioning."

They were abducted in an area under Israeli military control and Palestinian civil administration.