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JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Friday detained three Palestinians in clashes in the Issawiya neighborhood in the Jerusalem district, an activist group reported.

The Wadi al-Hilweh information center said that a special forces assaulted and detained three young men, and transferred them to al-Maskobiyeh detention center.

The group added that Israeli forces forced reporters out of the area.

Witnesses said that a special forces unit wearing tradition Palestinian scarfs infiltrated the neighborhood in a white van before confronting the young men.

Around a dozen suffered minor injuries, an AFP correspondent reported.

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