Two senior Palestinian militants escaped an Israeli army arrest attempt in the West Bank town of Tulkarem on Monday. Witnesses said Israeli soldiers failed to arrest Annan Yaeesh, a leader of Fatah's armed wing, and a fellow militant. The Israeli forces surrounded a building just moments after the two men left, they added. Israel has accused Yaeesh of trying to send a suicide bomber inside Israel. The senior Palestinian militant has survived Israeli assassination and arrest attempts in the past. But the Israeli troops detained five other Fatah members in Tulkarem. The Fatah movement is led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.Elsewhere in the West Bank cities of Nablus and Bethlehem, Israeli troops arrested another five Palestinians, including four members of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).