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NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained at least 13 Palestinians in the West Bank overnight Tuesday, including a group of youth in a Nablus village, officials said.

Ten youth were seized in the Burin village, south of Nablus, PA official Ghassan Daghlas said.

He identified them as Walid Mursi, 15, Muhammad Suheil Najjar, 16, Mahmoud Yasser Eid, 17, Qays Omran, 16, Isam Najjar, 17, Bashir Omran, 21, Thabit Hussein Wakid, 22, Muhammad Ammar Najjar, 19, Mustafa Qadous, 20, and Nasr Nafi Mansour, 18.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said in addition to ten detained in Burin, Palestinians were seized in Ramallah-district village Budrus, and Hebron villages Beit Ula and al-Fuwwar.

Locals also said Husam Awawda, 23, and Ghassan Maalouni, 22, were detained in Nablus city. The army spokeswoman was not aware of detentions in Nablus.