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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained two men in al-Khader near Bethlehem before dawn Thursday, witnesses said.

Soldiers detained Nader Salih Salah, 35, at around 2 a.m. after raiding his home and cell phone shop and confiscating his computer, his brother told Ma'an.

Witnesses said troops also detained Dirar Abdul Rahim Salah, 33, from his home and seized his computer.

Before the arrests, soldiers also raided the home of Abdul-Hakim Salah, a journalist at Ma'an news agency.

Abdul-Hakim Salah said that around 10 soldiers arrived at his home at 1.30 a.m. and ordered his family into the street at gunpoint.

He told the soldiers some of his children were too young to be brought into the street after midnight. Forces locked his wife and daughter in a bedroom while four soldiers ransacked his apartment and dragged his sons Radi, 23, and Ahmad, 21, outside, Saleh said.

Soldiers questioned Saleh about his extended family and neighbors, including one relative who died 20 years ago. The commander questioned Saleh about cell phone shops in the village and who owned them. Saleh's son Radi was also questioned, he added.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said forces arrested one person in al-Khader but she could not confirm the detainee's name.

She added that nine Palestinians were detained across the West Bank overnight Wednesday.