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Twenty Palestinians have filed a lawsuit against the Palestinian Authority in an Israeli court, seeking up to $100 million in damages after they were detained for alleged collaboration with Israeli intelligence, a PA security officer told Ma'an on Sunday.

The officer in Qalqiliya, who wished to remain anonymous, said that 10 PA security officers were summoned to a Jerusalem court on Thursday last week to give testimony in the case.

Adnan Dmeiri, chief spokesman for the PA security forces, denied the report, saying he had not heard anything about the alleged case.

However, the security officer told Ma'an that the 20 Palestinians seeking damages had "fled" to Israel after they suffered harm during interrogations carried out by Palestinian security forces.

He said that a lawyer representing the Palestinians is asking that the PA award each of the plaintiffs 20 million shekels (around $5 million) in compensation for the harm they suffered, including psychological damage, as well as being denied contact with their families.

He said that the lawyer questioned all 10 PA security officers during Thursday's hearing. "(The officers) proved before the judge that the Palestinian judiciary found the suspects guilty of collaboration with the Israeli occupation," the officer said.

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