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QALQILIYA (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces on Monday detained two teenagers in the Qalqiliya village of Azzun, witnesses told Ma'an.

Muawiya Abdul-Latif Radwan, 17, and Qusay Shair Salim, 18, were seized after soldiers raided their homes. Both were handcuffed and taken to an unknown destination, locals said.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said two people were arrested in Salfit and one in the Ramallah village of Silwad overnight, in addition to a man detained in Hebron. She had no reports of arrests in Qalqiliya.

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Israeli Forces Arrest Six Palestinians in West Bank

RAMALLAH, March 19, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Monday arrested six Palestinians from across the West Bank, according to local sources.

They said Israeli forces arrested two Palestinian teens, 17 and 18 years, from the town of Azzoun, east of Qalqilia, after raiding their family homes and tampering with their contents.

In the old city of Jerusalem, Israeli police along with intelligence officers arrested a 22 year-old Palestinian after raiding his house and took him to the Russian compound detention and interrogation center in West Jerusalem.

Forces also arrested three 20-year-old Palestinians from the Hebron area.

They also set up several checkpoints at the entrances to several towns in the Hebron governorate.

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