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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained 20 Palestinians in pre-dawn raids across the West Bank on Wednesday, the army said.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said 20 Palestinians were "taken for security questioning."

In the northern West Bank, Israeli soldiers detained seven Palestinians in Tayasir, three in Tulkaren, one in Burqin and another in Beit Furik, she told Ma'an.

One Palestinian was detained in Qaryut in the central West Bank, and further south Israeli forces detained two people in Bethlehem, one in Beit Ummar, one in Hebron and three in Bani Naim, the army official said.

Locals said soldiers raided several homes in Bani Naim before detaining Thabet Zyadat, Hamzeh Manasreh and Ibrahim Sawalha.

Nour Sarsour was detained in Hebron, a Ma'an reporter said.

The Palestinian Prisoners Society identified those detained in Tayasir, near Tubas, as Hamdan Ghouri, Khaldoun Ghouri, Rakan Sbeih, Salih Dabak, Mujahed Dabak, Mahdi Wahdan and Amer Wahdan.

Also in Tayasir, the family of Jalal Sbeih were ordered to hand their son to Israeli forces, the PPS said in a statement.

In Beit Ummar, forces detained Nadeem Sabarneh, a 32-year-old that has spent five years in Israeli prisons, said Muhammad Awad, a spokesman for the local popular committee.

Awad added that seven residents of Beit Ummar, including an 11-year-old boy, were injured in clashes with Israeli troops on Tuesday at a protest against the death of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh, a cancer-sufferer who died in Israeli custody.

Forces fired tear gas rubber-coated steel bullets at demonstrators, injuring protesters in the back, stomach and legs, Awad said.

Israel had refused to release Abu Hamdiyeh and Palestinian officials say Israeli authorities refused to treat him until his cancer had spread. Abu Hamdiyeh's death sparked protests in prisons and on the Palestinian street.