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RAMALLAH (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces arrested 15 people overnight Sunday and Monday morning, the army and Ma'an's correspondent said.

Five people were arrested in Nablus, four in al-Mughayyir village near Ramallah, two in Nabi Saleh, one in Beit Fajjar near Bethlehem, one in Beit Ummar and two in Qalqiliya, an army spokeswoman said.

Basel Abu Elaya, 18, and Ala Abu Elaya, 16, were detained from al-Mughayyir, Ma'an's reporter said.

Muhammad al-Alami was arrested in Beit Ummar after soldiers raided the village at 3.00 a.m., a local spokesman told Ma'an.

Since 1967, Israel has detained more than 750,000 Palestinians, including women and children, Palestinian Authority reports say.

Around 40 percent of Palestinian men living in the occupied territories have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.